bufón

See also: bufon

Istriot

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian buffone.

Noun

bufón m

1. clown, buffoon, joker

References

• Antonio Pellizzer; Giovanni Pellizzer (1992), Vocabulario del dialetto di Rovigno d'Istria, page 145
• Cergna, Sandro (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria‎^[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 59

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈfon/ [buˈfõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: bu‧fón

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Italian buffo

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ōnem

Italian -one

Italian buffonebor.

Spanish bufón

Borrowed from Italian buffone.

Noun

bufón m (plural bufones)

1. jester

   Synonym: truhan

Derived terms

• bufonear

Etymology 2

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

bufón m (plural bufones)

1. peddler
2. (geology) blowhole

Derived terms

• buhonero

Further reading

• “bufón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025