buffa

See also: Buffa

English

Etymology

Italian. See buffo and buffoon.

Noun

buffa (plural buffas)

1. (music) The comic actress in an opera.

Related terms

• opera buffa

References

• “buffa”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Adjective

buffa

1. feminine singular of buffo

Verb

buffa

1. inflection of buffare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuf.fa/

Adjective

buffa f

1. feminine singular of buffu

Noun

buffa f (plural buffi)

1. female equivalent of buffu: female clown

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin būfō (“toad”).

Noun

buffa f (plural buffi)

1. toad (Bufo bufo)
2. (derogatory) fat woman

Derived terms

• buffa quatrana
• fari buffa

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 455: “il rospo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Traina, Antonino (1868) “buffa”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 574
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “buffa”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 214
• Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “buffa”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 120