bufarda

Galician

Thatched house with a bufarda, Piornedo, Galicia

Alternative forms

• bufarra

Etymology

From bufar (“to buff”). Cognate with Spanish buharda, buhardilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈfaɾða̝/

Noun

bufarda f (plural bufardas)

1. (architecture) skylight; vent

   Synonyms: biolo, bufardo, claraboia, fachal, lumieira

Related terms

• bufar
• bufardo
• bufo

References

• “bufarda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “bufarda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bufarra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Noun

bufarda f (plural bufardas)

1. (regional, Spain) vent

Further reading

• “bufarda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014