buffa

See also: Buffa

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian. See buffo and buffoon.

Noun

buffa (plural buffas)

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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “buffa”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Italian

Adjective

buffa

1. feminine singular of buffo

Verb

buffa

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

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Maltese

Etymology

From Italian buffo.

Noun

1. clown (female)

Related terms

• buffu

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Sicilian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin būfo "toad"

Noun

buffa m (plural buffi)

1. a toad