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

Catalan

Verb

bufo

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of bufar

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin būfo (“toad”)

Noun

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

  1. toad

See also

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

būfō m (genitive būfōnis); third declension

  1. a toad

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative būfō būfōnēs
genitive būfōnis būfōnum
dative būfōnī būfōnibus
accusative būfōnem būfōnēs
ablative būfōne būfōnibus
vocative būfō būfōnēs

Descendants

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bufo m (plural bufos)

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

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

Etymology 3

From bufar (“to puff”).

Noun

bufo m (plural bufos)

  1. an instance of puffing
Synonyms

Verb

bufo

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of bufar
    Eu bufo.
    I puff.

Spanish

Verb

bufo

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