bofe

bofe

1. Pronunciation spelling of both.

• Febo, befo, befo'

Onomatopoeic. Compare Spanish bofe.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbofe̝/

bofe m (plural bofes)

1. lung (of an animal)

   Synonyms: boche, livián, pulmón

2. (informal) lung (of a person)

   Synonym: pulmón

• bofetada

• “bofe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “bofe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “bofe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “bofe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “bofe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• Hyphenation: bo‧fe

From Spanish bofe (“lung”).

bofe m (plural bofes)

1. (informal, usually in the plural) lung, bellows

   Synonym: pulmão

2. (usually in the plural) offal (animal’s organs as food)

   Synonym: fressura

3. (Brazil, derogatory) ugly person
4. (Brazil, derogatory) old prostitute
5. (Brazil, gay slang) man

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bofe

1. inflection of bofar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bofe.

• “bofe” in Dicionário Online de Português.
• “bofe” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “bofe” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “bofe” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbofe/ [ˈbo.fe]
• Rhymes: -ofe
• Syllabification: bo‧fe

bofe m (plural bofes)

1. lung (of animals)
2. lung (food)

• “bofe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014