bufarda

Galician

Thatched house with a bufarda, Piornedo, Galicia

Alternative forms

• bufarra

Etymology

From bufar (“to buff”). Cognate with Spanish buharda, buhardilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈfaɾða̝/

Noun

bufarda f (plural bufardas)

1. (architecture) skylight; vent

   Synonyms: biolo, bufardo, claraboia, fachal, lumieira

Related terms

• bufar
• bufardo
• bufo

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bufarda”, 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), “bufarda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bufarra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Noun

bufarda f (plural bufardas)

1. (regional, Spain) vent

Further reading

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