buffare

Italian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, compare bufare.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bufˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: buf‧fà‧re

Verb

buffàre (first-person singular present bùffo, first-person singular past historic buffài, past participle buffàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, archaic) to blow hard (of the wind) [auxiliary avere]
  2. (transitive, archaic) to blow out (in draughts/checkers)
  3. (transitive, checkers) to capture (a piece that the opponent should have taken)

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References

  1. buffare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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