buffa Borrowed from Italian Buffa, from Sicilian buffa (“toad”). Buffa (plural Buffas) A surname. According to the 2010 United States Census, Buffa is...
See also: Buffa From Italian. See buffo and buffoon. buffa (plural buffas) (music) The comic actress in an opera. opera buffa “buffa”, in Webster’s Revised...
From Italian opera buffa (“comic opera”). opera buffa (uncountable) (music) A form of Italian comic opera popular in the 18th century. form of Italian...
/ˈbuf.fu/ buffu (feminine singular buffa, plural buffi) funny, comical, amusing buffu m (plural buffi, feminine buffa) clown, jester bbuffunja buffun buffunata...
first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative IPA(key): /ˈbuf.fɪ/ buffi plural of buffu plural of buffa buffi plural of buffa...
in a light, comic, or satiric vein. The frothiness of these and the Opera Buffa and Operetta […] are the reverse of the more serious bel canto style....
IPA(key): /ab.bufˈfa.ta/ Rhymes: -ata Hyphenation: ab‧buf‧fà‧ta From abbuffarsi (“to stuff up”) + -ata. abbuffata f (plural abbuffate) binge (rapid and...
"to puff up;" both are from Medieval Latin buffa, itself echoic of puffing out cheeks. buffo (feminine buffa, masculine plural buffi, feminine plural buffe)...