bufo

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See also: Bufo, bufó, and bufò

English

Etymology

From translingual Bufo marinus (now Rhinella marina), the cane toad, from Latin būfo (toad).

Noun

bufo (plural bufos)

  1. (Hawaii, slang) toad, frog

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈfo/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧fo

Noun

bufó f 

  1. camel fat

Declension

Declension of bufó
absolutive bufó
predicative bufó
subjective bufó
genitive bufó
Postpositioned forms
l-case bufól
k-case bufók
t-case bufót
h-case bufóh

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bufo”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Catalan

Verb

bufo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bufar

Esperanto

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin būfo (toad). Compare Italian buffone, Spanish bufón, Hawaiian English bufo.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ufo
  • Hyphenation: bu‧fo

Noun

bufo (accusative singular bufon, plural bufoj, accusative plural bufojn)

  1. toad

See also

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin būfo (toad).

Noun

bufo

  1. toad

Galician

Verb

bufo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bufar

Latin

Etymology

Probably loaned from a different Italic language such as Oscan, where the word could have referred to any creeping small animal such as a hamster. The connection with Proto-Slavic *žaba (toad) is uncertain, as the initial vowel cannot reflect a common Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

būfō m (genitive būfōnis); third declension

  1. a toad

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative būfō būfōnēs
Genitive būfōnis būfōnum
Dative būfōnī būfōnibus
Accusative būfōnem būfōnēs
Ablative būfōne būfōnibus
Vocative būfō būfōnēs

Descendants

  • English: bufo
  • Italian: buffone
  • Sicilian: buffa
  • Spanish: bufón
  • Translingual: Bufo
  • Middle Irish: bufa

References

  • bufo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bufo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bufo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • bufo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “bufo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

bufo m

  1. Alternative form of buho
    • c. 1275, Alfonso X, General Estoria, primera parte , (ed. by Pedro Sánchez Prieto-Borja, Alcalá de Henares: Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, 2002):
      Del comer de las aves. De las aves, que son otrossí las animalias del tercero elemento, les dixo assí, que nin comiessen águila nin aztor nin bufo nin...
      On the eating of birds. Regarding birds, which are moreover the third element animals, He told them thus: they should not eat neither eagle, nor goshawk, nor owl, nor...

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧fo

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese bufo, from Late Latin būfus (cognates include Spanish búho), itself either from Latin *būfō, from Faliscan *būfō, or more likely of onomatopoetic origin; cf. also Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos). Compare to Latin būbō.

Noun

bufo m (plural bufos)

  1. Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)
    Synonym: corujão
  2. (Portugal, slang) police informant
    Synonyms: delator, informante

Etymology 2

From Italian buffo (comical).

Adjective

bufo (feminine bufa, masculine plural bufos, feminine plural bufas)

  1. (of an actor or plot) comical or burlesque
    Synonyms: burlesco, cómico

Etymology 3

Deverbal from bufar.

Noun

bufo m (plural bufos)

  1. an instance of puffing
    Synonym: bufada

Etymology 4

Verb

bufo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bufar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbufo/
  • Rhymes: -ufo
  • Syllabification: bu‧fo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian buffo.

Noun

bufo m (plural bufos)

  1. buffo

Etymology 2

Verb

bufo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bufar

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