bofe

See also: BofE

English

Determiner

bofe

1. Pronunciation spelling of both.

Anagrams

• Febo, befo, befo'

Galician

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Spanish bofe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbofe̝/

Noun

bofe m (plural bofes)

1. lung (of an animal)

   Synonyms: boche, livián, pulmón

2. (informal) lung (of a person)

   Synonym: pulmón

Related terms

• bofetada

References

• “bofe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “bofe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “bofe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “bofe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bofe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.fi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.fi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.fe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.fɨ/

• Hyphenation: bo‧fe

Etymology 1

From Spanish bofe (“lung”).

Noun

bofe m (plural bofes)

1. (informal, usually in the plural) lung, bellows

   Synonym: pulmão

2. (usually in the plural) offal (animal’s organs as food)

   Synonym: fressura

3. (Brazil, derogatory) ugly person
4. (Brazil, derogatory) old prostitute
5. (Brazil, gay slang) man

Derived terms

• abrir os bofes
• atirar-se como gato a bofe
• botar os bofes para fora
• deitar os bofes pela boca
• estar com os bofes de fora
• maus bofes
• mostrar os bofes
• rega-bofe

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bofe

1. inflection of bofar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bofe.

Further reading

• “bofe” in Dicionário Online de Português.
• “bofe” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “bofe” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “bofe” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbofe/ [ˈbo.fe]
• Rhymes: -ofe
• Syllabification: bo‧fe

Noun

bofe m (plural bofes)

1. lung (of animals)
2. lung (food)

Further reading

• “bofe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014