FromItalianbuffo.
buffo (pluralbuffosorbuffi)
- (music) A comicsinger, particularly in comicopera
2007 January 27, Vivien Schweitzer, “Young Lovers, a Vespa and a Frolic by Rossini”, inNew York Times[1]:Signor Bruschino was updated from a genericbuffo character to an oily, scholarly-looking, suit-clad neurotic, excellently acted and sung by Marco Nistico.
CompareOld Frenchbouffer, originally "to puff up;" both are fromMedieval Latinbuffa, itself echoic of puffing out cheeks.[1]
buffo (femininebuffa,masculine pluralbuffi,feminine pluralbuffe)
- funny,comical,amusing
- strange,odd,goofy
- whimsical
- playful
Onomatopoeic.
buffo m (pluralbuffi)
- gust (of wind)
- Synonyms:folata,soffio
- puff (of smoke)
- Synonym:sbuffo
Alteration ofpuf, fromFrenchpouf(“debt”), used in locutions such asfairepouf andàpouf.
buffo m (pluralbuffi)
- (Romanesco, usually in theplural)debt
- Synonym:debito
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
buffo
- first-personsingularpresentindicative ofbuffare
- buffo1 in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- buffo2 in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- buffo3 in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
