bufa

See also: bufá, bufà, bufă, bufã, bùfá, bùfā, and bùfǎ

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈbu.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈbu.fa]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from bufar.

Noun

bufa f (plural bufes)

1. bladder
2. (colloquial) slap
3. silent fart

   Synonym: llufa

Derived terms

• bufa del diable
• bufassa

Etymology 2

Verb

bufa

1. inflection of bufar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “bufa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “bufa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “bufa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “bufa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Verb

bufa

1. inflection of bufar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Verb

bufa

1. third-person singular present indicative of bufare

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Medieval Latin buffa

Old French bouffer

French boufferbor.

Polish bufa

Borrowed from French bouffer, from Old French bouffer, from Medieval Latin buffa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ufa
• Syllabification: bu‧fa

Noun

bufa f (diminutive bufka)

1. puff (portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle)

Declension

Declension of bufa

	singular	plural
nominative	bufa	bufy
genitive	bufy	buf
dative	bufie	bufom
accusative	bufę	bufy
instrumental	bufą	bufami
locative	bufie	bufach
vocative	bufo	bufy

Derived terms

adjective

• bufiasty

Related terms

adverbs

• bufiasto
• bufiaście

Further reading

• “bufa”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “bufa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fɐ/

• Hyphenation: bu‧fa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from bufar.

Noun

bufa f (plural bufas)

1. (informal) silent fart

Derived terms

• bufa de lobo

Etymology 2

Verb

bufa

1. inflection of bufar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “bufa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “bufa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “bufa”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “bufa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bufa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbufa/ [ˈbu.fa]
• Rhymes: -ufa
• Syllabification: bu‧fa

Noun

bufa f (plural bufas)

1. prank

Verb

bufa

1. inflection of bufar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “bufa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026