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bufo

See also: Bufo, bufó, and bufò

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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bufo (plural bufos)

  1. (Hawaii, slang) toad, frog

Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /buˈfo/ [bʊˈfɔ]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧fo

Noun

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bufó f 

  1. camel fat

Declension

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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

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

Catalan

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Verb

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bufo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bufar

Esperanto

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbufo]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ufo
  • Hyphenation: bu‧fo

Noun

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

  1. toad

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin būfo (“toad”).

Noun

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bufo

  1. toad

Galician

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Verb

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bufo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bufar

Latin

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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būfō m (genitive būfōnis); third declension

  1. a toad

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative būfō būfōnēs
genitive būfōnis būfōnum
dative būfōnī būfōnibus
accusative būfōnem būfōnēs
ablative būfōne būfōnibus
vocative būfō būfōnēs

Descendants

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  • English: bufo
  • Italian: buffone
  • Sicilian: buffa
  • Spanish: bufón
  • Translingual: Bufo
  • → Middle Irish: bufa

References

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  • “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
  1. ^ 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, page 76

Old Spanish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bu‧fo

Etymology 1

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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

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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

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From Italian buffo (“comical”).

Adjective

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bufo (feminine bufa, masculine plural bufos, feminine plural bufas)

  1. (of an actor or plot) comical or burlesque
    Synonyms: burlesco, cómico

Etymology 3

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Deverbal from bufar.

Noun

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bufo m (plural bufos)

  1. an instance of puffing
    Synonym: bufada

Etymology 4

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Verb

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bufo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bufar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbufo/ [ˈbu.fo]
  • Rhymes: -ufo
  • Syllabification: bu‧fo

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Italian buffo.

Noun

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bufo m (plural bufos)

  1. buffo

Etymology 2

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Verb

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bufo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bufar

Further reading

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