tufo

See also: Tufo

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈfo/ [tʊˈfɔ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧fo

Noun

tufó f

1. spit; spittle

Declension

Declension of tufó
absolutive	tufó
predicative	tufó
subjective	tufó
genitive	tufó
Postpositioned forms l-case tufól k-case tufók t-case tufót h-case tufóh

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “tufo”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French touffe, of Germanic origin; compare German Zopf (“plait”), Yiddish צאָפּ (tsop, “braid”), English top.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtufo/

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• Rhymes: -ufo
• Syllabification: tu‧fo

Noun

tufo (accusative singular tufon, plural tufoj, accusative plural tufojn)

1. tuft

Further reading

• “tufo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “tufo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Galician

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin tūfus, from tȳphus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtufo̝/

Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. foul odor, stench

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *tofa, from tōfus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtufo̝/

Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. (geology) tuff

Etymology 3

Probably from French or Old French touffe, this either from Late Latin tufus, from Proto-Germanic *þūbaz (whence English tuft), or from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz. Cognate with Spanish tojino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtufo̝/

Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. punch (tool) used by blacksmiths to bore the wooden shafts of axes, etcetera
2. extreme of the axle that inserts into the wheel
3. spigot

Derived terms

• tufeira

Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. flock of wool
2. small piece of cloth attached to a main one

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “tufo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “tufo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tufo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tufo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tufo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tōfus, from Oscan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.fo/
• Rhymes: -ufo
• Hyphenation: tù‧fo

Noun

tufo m (plural tufi)

1. tuff

Anagrams

• tofu

Portuguese

Etymology

From French touffe.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.fu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.fu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.fo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.fu/

• Hyphenation: tu‧fo

Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. tuft (bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base)

Further reading

• “tufo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tufo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “tufo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtufo/ [ˈt̪u.fo]
• Rhymes: -ufo
• Syllabification: tu‧fo

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin tufus, from Late Latin typhus (“a type of fever”), from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos).

Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. foul odor, stench

   Synonyms: olor, hedor

2. bad breath

   Synonym: halitosis

Derived terms

• atufar
• tufillo (“whiff”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French touffe.

Noun

tufo m (plural tufos)

1. tuft, wisp (of hair)

Further reading

• “tufo”, 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