búfalo
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).
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)
- buffalo (Old World bovine)
- buffalo, the American bison
- Synonym: bisonte americano
Hyponyms
Related terms
Further reading
- “búfalo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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