botifler

Catalan

Etymology

Possibly from French beauté and French fleur, in reference to fleur-de-lis, symbol of the Borbonic monarchy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bu.tiˈfle]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bo.tiˈfle]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bo.tiˈfleɾ]

Adjective

botifler (feminine botiflera, masculine plural botiflers, feminine plural botifleres)

1. chubby-cheeked, fat-cheeked
2. (figuratively) pompous, arrogant, presumptuous

Noun

botifler m (plural botiflers, feminine botiflera)

1. (derogatory, historical) a Catalan or Valencian who supports the House of Bourbon
2. (by extension, derogatory, Catalonia) ethnic Catalan who doesn't support independence or Catalanism

Further reading

• “botifler” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “botifler”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “botifler” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “botifler” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.