baffo
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]baffo m (plural baffi)
- whisker (of an animal)
- (usually in the plural) moustache
- Synonym: mostaccio
- Ho i baffi. ― I have a mustache.
- 1973, “1940 [title]”, in Alice non lo sa, performed by Francesco De Gregori:
- E la gente che legge i giornali / Sta parlando dell'uomo coi baffi / L'altro ieri è arrivato a Parigi
- And the people who read the papers / Say that the man with the moustache / Arrived the day before yesterday in Paris
Further reading
[edit]- baffo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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- Italian terms with unknown etymologies
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- Rhymes:Italian/affo
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- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
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- it:Animal body parts
- it:Hair