búfalo
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin bufalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbufalo/ [ˈbu.fa.lo]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -ufalo
- Syllabification: bú‧fa‧lo
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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