bufo

== English == === Etymology === From translingual Bufo marinus (now Rhinella marina), the cane toad, from Latin būfō (“toad”). === Noun === bufo (plural bufos) (Hawaii, slang) toad, frog == Afar == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buˈfo/ [bʊˈfɔ] Hyphenation: bu‧fo === Noun === bufó f camel fat ==== Declension ==== === References === E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “bufo”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN == Catalan == === Verb === bufo first-person singular present indicative of bufar == Esperanto == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin būfo (“toad”). Compare Italian buffone, Spanish bufón, Hawaiian English bufo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbufo/ Rhymes: -ufo Syllabification: bu‧fo === Noun === bufo (accusative singular bufon, plural bufoj, accusative plural bufojn) toad ==== See also ==== ranido rano == Friulian == === Etymology === From Latin būfo (“toad”). === Noun === bufo toad == Galician == === Verb === bufo first-person singular present indicative of bufar == 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. Per Vasmer cognate with Latin bōs, bovis, reflecting an ancient folk belief that toads — like other animals — were thought to steal milk from livestock. Compare typologically Latin caprimulgus, Proto-Slavic *(s)mъlžь (< Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-, whence also English milk). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbuː.foː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbuː.fo] === Noun === būfō m (genitive būfōnis); third declension a toad ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== English: bufo Italian: buffone Sicilian: buffa Spanish: bufón Translingual: Bufo → Middle Irish: bufa Irish: buaf Manx: beayf === 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 == Old Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuho/ === Noun === bufo m alternative form of buho == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bu‧fo === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese bufo, from Late 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) Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) Synonym: corujão (Portugal, colloquial) informant, snitch Synonyms: (Portugal, colloquial) chibo, delator, informante === Etymology 2 === From Italian buffo (“comical”). ==== Adjective ==== bufo (feminine bufa, masculine plural bufos, feminine plural bufas) (of an actor or plot) comical or burlesque Synonyms: burlesco, cómico === Etymology 3 === Deverbal from bufar. ==== Noun ==== bufo m (plural bufos) an instance of puffing Synonym: bufada === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== bufo first-person singular present indicative of bufar === Further reading === “bufo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bufo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbufo/ [ˈbu.fo] Rhymes: -ufo Syllabification: bu‧fo === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian buffo. ==== Noun ==== bufo m (plural bufos) buffo === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== bufo first-person singular present indicative of bufar === Etymology 3 === ==== Contraction ==== bufo (Rioplatense, colloquial) clipping of bufoso === Further reading === “bufo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025