baruffare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Lombardic *biroufen, from Proto-Germanic *biraupijaną (“to pull; pluck; snatch”), from *bi- +‎ *raupijaną.

Cognate with Old High German biroufen (“to pull; pluck”), German raufen (“to brawl; scuffle”), Old English rīepan (“to plunder; pillage; ransack; raid”).

Verb

baruffare

1. (intransitive) to brawl
2. (intransitive) to quarrel, squabble

Related terms

• baruffa

Anagrams

• barufferà, rabuffare, rabufferà