bufo

See also: Bufo, bufó, and bufò

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] translingual Bufo marinus (now Rhinella marina), the cane toad, from Latin būfo (“toad”).

Noun

bufo (plural bufos)

1. (Hawaii, slang) toad, frog

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Catalan

Verb

bufo

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin būfo (“toad”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈbufo]
• Rhymes: -ufo
• Hyphenation: bu‧fo

Noun

bufo (accusative singular bufon, plural bufoj, accusative plural bufojn)

1. toad

See also

• ranido
• rano

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin būfo (“toad”).

Noun

bufo

1. toad

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.foː/, [ˈbuːfoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fo/, [ˈbuːfo]

Noun

būfō m (genitive būfōnis); third declension

1. a toad

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	būfō	būfōnēs
Genitive	būfōnis	būfōnum
Dative	būfōnī	būfōnibus
Accusative	būfōnem	būfōnēs
Ablative	būfōne	būfōnibus
Vocative	būfō	būfōnēs

Descendants

• English: bufo
• Italian: buffone
• Sicilian: buffa
• Spanish: bufón
• Translingual: Bufo

References

• “bufo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bufo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bufo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “bufo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fu/

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *būfo, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin būbō, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *b(e)u.

Noun

bufo m (plural s)

1. Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)
2. (Portugal, slang) police informant

Synonyms

• (Eurasian eagle owl): corujão
• (police informant): delator, informante

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian buffo (“comical”).

Adjective

1. (of an actor or plot) comical or burlesque

Synonyms

• burlesco, cómico

Etymology 3

From bufar (“to puff”).

Noun

bufo m (plural s)

1. an instance of puffing

Synonyms

• bufada

Verb

bufo

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Spanish

Verb

bufo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of bufar.