bufo

See also: Bufo, bufó, and bufò

English

Etymology

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

Noun

bufo (plural bufos)

1. (Hawaii, slang) toad, frog

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈfo/ [bʊˈfɔ]
• 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbufo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ufo
• Hyphenation: bu‧fo

Noun

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

1. toad

See also

• ranido
• rano

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.foː/, [ˈbuːfoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fo/, [ˈbuːfo]

Noun

būfō m (genitive būfōnis); third declension

1. a toad

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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
  • Irish: buaf
  • Manx: beayf

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

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuho/

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fu/

• 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, colloquial) informant, snitch

   Synonyms: (Portugal, colloquial) chibo, 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/ [ˈbu.fo]
• 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

Further reading

• “bufo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28