See also: Buffa

English

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Etymology

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From Italian. See buffo and buffoon.

Noun

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buffa (plural buffas)

  1. (music) The comic actress in an opera.
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Italian

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Adjective

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buffa

  1. feminine singular of buffo

Verb

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buffa

  1. inflection of buffare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Maltese

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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buffa f

  1. feminine singular of buffu

Noun

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buffa f (plural buffi)

  1. female equivalent of buffu: female clown

Sicilian

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Etymology

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From Latin būfō (toad).

Noun

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buffa f (plural buffi)

  1. toad (Bufo bufo)
  2. (derogatory) fat woman

Derived terms

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References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 455: “il rospo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “buffa”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 574
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “buffa”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 214
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “buffa”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 120