búfalo

See also: bufalo and Búfalo

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbu.fa.lu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbu.fa.lo/

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

Noun

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

  1. buffalo

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

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

Verb

búfalo

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

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