buffa

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English

Etymology

Italian. See buffo and buffoon.

Noun

buffa (plural buffas)

  1. (music) The comic actress in an opera.

References

Italian

Adjective

buffa

  1. feminine singular of buffo

Verb

buffa

  1. inflection of buffare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Maltese

Pronunciation

Adjective

buffa f

  1. feminine singular of buffu

Noun

buffa f (plural buffi)

  1. female equivalent of buffu: female clown

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin būfō (“toad”).

Noun

buffa f (plural buffi)

  1. toad (Bufo bufo)
  2. (derogatory) fat woman

Derived terms

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 455: “il rospo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “buffa”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 574
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “buffa”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 214
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “buffa”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 120
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