bufo
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From translingual Bufo marinus (now Rhinella marina), the cane toad, from Latin būfo (“toad”).
NounEdit
bufo (plural bufos)
CatalanEdit
VerbEdit
bufo
- first-person singular present indicative form of bufar
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin būfo (“toad”).
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
bufo (accusative singular bufon, plural bufoj, accusative plural bufojn)
See alsoEdit
FriulianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
bufo
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
būfō m (genitive būfōnis); third declension
- a toad
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | būfō | būfōnēs |
Genitive | būfōnis | būfōnum |
Dative | būfōnī | būfōnibus |
Accusative | būfōnem | būfōnēs |
Ablative | būfōne | būfōnibus |
Vocative | būfō | būfōnēs |
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- bufo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- bufo in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
- bufo in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
- bufo in Harry Thurston Peck, editor, Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel, “bufo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2008, →ISBN, pages 76
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Vulgar Latin *būfus, from Latin *būfō, from Faliscan *būfō. Compare to Latin būbō.
NounEdit
bufo m (plural bufos)
- Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)
- Synonym: corujão
- (Portugal, slang) police informant
- Synonyms: delator, informante
Etymology 2Edit
From Italian buffo (“comical”).
AdjectiveEdit
bufo m (feminine singular bufa, masculine plural bufos, feminine plural bufas, comparable)
Etymology 3Edit
From bufar (“to puff”).
NounEdit
bufo m (plural bufos)
VerbEdit
bufo
SpanishEdit
VerbEdit
bufo