pitufo
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Spanish
Etymology
Named after Patufet, a child character in Catalan folklore.
The bread rolls sense comes from a comparison to the small size of the smurfs, a popular cartoon at the time.
Pronunciation
Noun
pitufo m (plural pitufos, feminine pitufa, feminine plural pitufas)
- (comics, fiction) smurf
- 2011 June 10, “Pueblo pitufo”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:
- El alcalde, David Fernández, asegura que tan sólo quedan tres casas por pintar en esta localidad de 250 habitantes, elegida por Sony Pictures Releasing para representar el pueblo pitufo.
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- 2017 August 7, El País, “Los Pitufos reniegan del pueblo pitufo”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:
- Los Pitufos ya no podrán vivir legalmente en su pueblo de Málaga, Júzcar: desde el próximo día 15, el llamado "primer pueblo pitufo del mundo" dejará de serlo porque los herederos del dibujante belga Peyo, creador de los enanos azules de gorro frigio blanco, quieren cobrar al municipio serrano derechos de imagen y el pueblo se niega a hacerlo.
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- (colloquial) small child
- (colloquial) municipal policeman
- (colloquial, Mexico) 20-peso note (after the blue color of the note)
- (Andalusia, Malaga) Small bread rolls, approximately 60g, 10 to 12 cm long and 6 or 7 cm wide.
Further reading
Los Pitufos on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
