bofe
See also: BofE
English
Determiner
bofe
- Pronunciation spelling of both.
Anagrams
- Febo, befo, befo'
Galician
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare Spanish bofe.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbofe̝/
Noun
bofe m (plural bofes)
- lung (of an animal)
- Synonyms: boche, livián, pulmón
- (informal) lung (of a person)
- Synonym: pulmón
Related terms
- bofetada
References
- “bofe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “bofe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “bofe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “bofe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “bofe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “bofe”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.fi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.fe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.f(ɨ)/
Noun
bofe m (plural bofes)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (colloquial) an attractive young man, as referred by the other part in a romantic relationship
- (informal) lung (of a person)
Spanish
Noun
bofe m (plural bofes)
- lung (of animals)
- lung (food)
Further reading
- “bofe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014