búfalo

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See also: bufalo and Búfalo

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, antelope, wild ox).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ufalu, (Portugal) -ufɐlu
  • Hyphenation: bú‧fa‧lo

Noun

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búfalo m (plural búfalos, feminine búfala, feminine plural búfalas)

  1. buffalo

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbufalo/ [ˈbu.fa.lo]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ufalo
  • Syllabification: bú‧fa‧lo

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Late Latin bufalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, antelope, wild ox).

Noun

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búfalo m (plural búfalos, feminine búfala, feminine plural búfalas)

  1. buffalo (Old World bovine)
  2. buffalo, the American bison
    Synonym: bisonte americano
Hyponyms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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búfalo

  1. second-person singular imperative of bufar combined with lo

Further reading

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