bufo

See also: Bufo, bufó, and bufò

English

Etymology

From translingual Bufo marinus (now Rhinella marina), the cane toad, from Latin būfo (“toad”).

Noun

bufo (plural bufos)

1. (Hawaii, slang) toad, frog

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Catalan

Verb

bufo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of bufar

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin būfo (“toad”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbufo/
• Hyphenation: bu‧fo
• Rhymes: -ufo

Noun

bufo (accusative singular bufon, plural bufoj, accusative plural bufojn)

1. toad

See also

• ranido
• rano

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin būfo (“toad”).

Noun

bufo

1. toad

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Latin

Etymology

Probably loaned from a different Italic language such as Oscan, where the word could have referred to any creeping small animal such as a hamster. The connection with Proto-Slavic *žaba (“toad”) is uncertain, as the initial vowel cannot reflect a common Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.foː/, [ˈbuːfoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fo/, [ˈbuːfɔ]

Noun

būfō m (genitive būfōnis); third declension

1. a toad

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	būfō	būfōnēs
Genitive	būfōnis	būfōnum
Dative	būfōnī	būfōnibus
Accusative	būfōnem	būfōnēs
Ablative	būfōne	būfōnibus
Vocative	būfō	būfōnēs

Descendants

• English: bufo
• Italian: buffone
• Sicilian: buffa
• Spanish: bufón
• Translingual: Bufo

References

• bufo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bufo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bufo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• bufo in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fu/, [ˈbu.fu]

• Hyphenation: bu‧fo

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese bufo, from Vulgar Latin *būfus (cognates include Spanish búho), itself either from Latin *būfō, from Faliscan *būfō, or more likely of onomatopoetic origin; cf. also Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos). Compare to Latin būbō.

Noun

bufo m (plural bufos)

1. Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)

   Synonym: corujão

2. (Portugal, slang) police informant

   Synonyms: delator, informante

Etymology 2

From Italian buffo (“comical”).

Adjective

bufo m (feminine singular bufa, masculine plural bufos, feminine plural bufas, comparable)

1. (of an actor or plot) comical or burlesque

   Synonyms: burlesco, cómico

Etymology 3

From bufar (“to puff”).

Noun

bufo m (plural bufos)

1. an instance of puffing

   Synonym: bufada

Verb

bufo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of bufar

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Spanish

Verb

bufo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of bufar.