See also: bufalo and Búfalo

Portuguese

edit

Etymology

edit

Learned borrowing from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, antelope, wild ox).

Pronunciation

edit
 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ufalu, (Portugal) -ufɐlu
  • Hyphenation: bú‧fa‧lo

Noun

edit

búfalo m (plural búfalos, feminine búfala, feminine plural búfalas)

  1. buffalo

Spanish

edit

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /ˈbufalo/ [ˈbu.fa.lo]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ufalo
  • Syllabification: bú‧fa‧lo

Etymology 1

edit

Borrowed from Late Latin bufalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, antelope, wild ox).

Noun

edit

búfalo m (plural búfalos, feminine búfala, feminine plural búfalas)

  1. buffalo (Old World bovine)
  2. buffalo, the American bison
    Synonym: bisonte americano
Hyponyms
edit
edit

Etymology 2

edit

Verb

edit

búfalo

  1. second-person singular imperative of bufar combined with lo

Further reading

edit