búfala

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fa.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fa.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fa.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fɐ.lɐ/

Noun

búfala f (plural búfalas)

1. female equivalent of búfalo (“buffalo”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbufala/ [ˈbu.fa.la]
• Rhymes: -ufala
• Syllabification: bú‧fa‧la

Etymology 1

Noun

búfala f (plural búfalas)

1. female equivalent of búfalo (“buffalo”)

Etymology 2

Verb

búfala

1. second-person singular imperative of bufar combined with la

Further reading

• “búfalo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024