bufo
English
Etymology
From translingual Bufo marinus (now Rhinella marina), the cane toad, from Latin būfo (“toad”).
Noun
bufo (plural bufos)
- (Hawaii, slang) toad, frog
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buˈfo/
- Hyphenation: bu‧fo
Noun
bufó f
- camel fat
Declension
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absolutive | bufó | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | bufó | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | bufó | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | bufó | |||||||||||||||||
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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
- first-person singular present indicative form of bufar
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin būfo (“toad”). Compare Italian buffone, Spanish bufón, Hawaiian English bufo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbufo]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -ufo
- Hyphenation: bu‧fo
Noun
bufo (accusative singular bufon, plural bufoj, accusative plural bufojn)
- toad
See also
- ranido
- rano
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin būfo (“toad”).
Noun
bufo
- toad
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.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbuː.foː/, [ˈbuːfoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbu.fo/, [ˈbuːfo]
Noun
būfō m (genitive būfōnis); third declension
- a toad
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | 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
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “bufo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 76
Old Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuho/
Noun
bufo m
- 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...
- 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...
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbu.fu/
- Hyphenation: bu‧fo
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese bufo, from Vulgar 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)
- Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)
- Synonym: corujão
- (Portugal, slang) police informant
- Synonyms: delator, informante
Etymology 2
From Italian buffo (“comical”).
Adjective
bufo (feminine bufa, masculine plural bufos, feminine plural bufas)
- (of an actor or plot) comical or burlesque
- Synonyms: burlesco, cómico
Etymology 3
Deverbal from bufar.
Noun
bufo m (plural bufos)
- an instance of puffing
- Synonym: bufada
Verb
bufo
- first-person singular present indicative of bufar
Spanish
Noun
bufo m (plural bufos)
- buffo
Verb
bufo
- first-person singular present indicative of bufar
Further reading
- “bufo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014