búfala

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fa.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fa.la/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fɐ.lɐ/

Noun

búfala f (plural búfalas)

female equivalent of búfalo (“buffalo”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbufala/ [ˈbu.fa.la]
Rhymes: -ufala
Syllabification: bú‧fa‧la

Etymology 1

Noun

búfala f (plural búfalas)

female equivalent of búfalo (“buffalo”)

Etymology 2

Verb

búfala

second-person singular imperative of bufar combined with la

Further reading

“búfalo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025