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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

Catalan

Verb

bufo

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin būfo (toad).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbufo]
  • Rhymes: -ufo
  • Hyphenation: bu‧fo

Noun

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

  1. toad

See also


Friulian

Etymology

From Latin būfo (toad).

Noun

bufo

  1. toad

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.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

būfō m (genitive būfōnis); third declension

  1. a toad

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “bufo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *būfo, from Latin būbō, from Proto-Indo-European *b(e)u.

Noun

bufo m (plural s)

  1. Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)
  2. (Portugal, slang) police informant
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Italian buffo (comical).

Adjective

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

Etymology 3

From bufar (to puff).

Noun

bufo m (plural s)

  1. an instance of puffing
Synonyms

Verb

bufo

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Spanish

Verb

bufo

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