estufa

English

Etymology

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Spanish estufabor.

English estufa

Borrowed from Spanish estufa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈstuːfə/
• Rhymes: -uːfə

Noun

estufa (plural estufas)

1. A room in a Pueblo Indian house.

Anagrams

• faetus, fætus, stufae

Portuguese

estufa

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtu.fɐ/, /esˈtu.fɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtu.fɐ/, /esˈtu.fɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtu.fɐ/, /eʃˈtu.fɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtu.fa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtu.fɐ/

• Hyphenation: es‧tu‧fa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian stufa, from stufare.

Noun

estufa f (plural estufas)

1. greenhouse, glasshouse

   As plantas crescem mais rapidamente em estufas.

   Plants grow faster in greenhouses.

   gases com efeito de estufa ― greenhouse gases

2. hothouse
3. stove

Etymology 2

Verb

estufa

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

Further reading

• estufa on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “estufa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian stufa, from stufare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtufa/ [esˈt̪u.fa]
• Rhymes: -ufa
• Syllabification: es‧tu‧fa

Noun

estufa f (plural estufas)

1. stove, oven (to heat with)

   Synonyms: fogón, horno

Descendants

• → Jicarilla: asʼdóoha

Further reading

• “estufa”, 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