buffo

English

Etymology

From Italian buffo

Noun

buffo (plural buffos)

1. (music) A comic singer, particularly in comic opera
   • 2007 January 27, Vivien Schweitzer, “Young Lovers, a Vespa and a Frolic by Rossini”:

     Signor Bruschino was updated from a generic buffo character to an oily, scholarly-looking, suit-clad neurotic, excellently acted and sung by Marco Nistico.

Italian

Adjective

buffo m (f buffa, m plural buffi, f plural buffe)

1. funny, comical, amusing
2. strange, odd

Verb

buffo

1. first-person singular present indicative of buffare