bufanúvols

Catalan

FWOTD – 22 June 2013

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of bufa (“to blow, to inflate”) +‎ núvols (“clouds”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌbu.fəˈnu.βuls]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌbu.fəˈnu.vols]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˌbu.faˈnu.vols]

Noun

bufanúvols m or f by sense (invariable)

1. pretentious person
   • 1966, Josep Pla, Un Senyor de Barcelona, Biblioteca Selecta, page 176

     Eren presos per simples bufanúvols sense importància

     They were taken for mere pretentious people without importance