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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ufalu, (Portugal) -ufɐlu
- Hyphenation: bú‧fa‧lo
Noun
búfalo m (plural búfalos, feminine búfala, feminine plural búfalas)
- buffalo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbufalo/
- Rhymes: -ufalo
- Syllabification: bú‧fa‧lo
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Late Latin bufalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).
Noun
búfalo m (plural búfalos, feminine búfala, feminine plural búfalas)
- buffalo (Old World bovine)
- buffalo, the American bison
- Synonym: bisonte americano
Hyponyms
Etymology 2
Verb
búfalo
- second-person singular imperative of bufar combined with lo
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