tufo

• IPA^(key): /tuˈfo/
• Hyphenation: tu‧fo

tufó f 

1. spit; spittle

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

Borrowed from French touffe, of Germanic origin; compare German Zopf (“plait”), Yiddish צאָפּ (tsop, “braid”), English top.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtufo/

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• Rhymes: -ufo
• Hyphenation: tu‧fo

tufo (accusative singular tufon, plural tufoj, accusative plural tufojn)

1. tuft

From Vulgar Latin tūfus, from tȳphus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtufo̝/

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. foul odor, stench

From Vulgar Latin *tofa, from tōfus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtufo̝/

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. (geology) tuff

Probably from French or Old French touffe, this either from Late Latin tufus, from Proto-Germanic *þūbaz (whence English tuft), or from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz. Cognate with Spanish tojino.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtufo̝/

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. punch (tool) used by blacksmiths to bore the wooden shafts of axes, etcetera
2. extreme of the axle that inserts into the wheel
3. spigot

• tufeira

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. flock of wool
2. small piece of cloth attached to a main one

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tufo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tufo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tufo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tufo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tufo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Latin tōfus, from Oscan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.fo/
• Rhymes: -ufo
• Hyphenation: tù‧fo

tufo m (plural tufi)

1. tuff

• tofu

From French touffe.

• Hyphenation: tu‧fo

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. tuft (bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base)

• “tufo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈtufo/
• Rhymes: -ufo
• Syllabification: tu‧fo

From Vulgar Latin tufus, from Late Latin typhus (“a type of fever”), from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. foul odor, stench

   Synonyms: olor, hedor

2. bad breath

Borrowed from French touffe.

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. tuft, wisp (of hair)

• “tufo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10