bufa

See also: bufá, bufà, bufă, bufã, bùfá, bùfā, and bùfǎ

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbu.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbu.fa]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from bufar.

Noun

bufa f (plural bufes)

1. bladder
2. (colloquial) slap
3. silent fart

   Synonym: llufa

Derived terms

• bufa del diable
• bufassa

Etymology 2

Verb

bufa

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

Further reading

• “bufa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bufa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “bufa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bufa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Verb

bufa

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

Italian

Verb

bufa

1. third-person singular present indicative of bufare

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouffer, from Old French bouffer, from Medieval Latin buffa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ufa
• Syllabification: bu‧fa

Noun

bufa f (diminutive bufka)

1. puff (portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle)

Declension

Declension of bufa

	singular	plural
nominative	bufa	bufy
genitive	bufy	buf
dative	bufie	bufom
accusative	bufę	bufy
instrumental	bufą	bufami
locative	bufie	bufach
vocative	bufo	bufy

Derived terms

adjective

• bufiasty

 

Related terms

adverbs

• bufiasto
• bufiaście

 

Further reading

• bufa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bufa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fɐ/

• Hyphenation: bu‧fa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from bufar.

Noun

bufa f (plural bufas)

1. (informal) fart

Etymology 2

Verb

bufa

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

Spanish

Verb

bufa

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