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buffo meaning in English

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buffo adjective

playful(funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome)
adjective
[UK: ˈpleɪ.fəl] [US: ˈpleɪ.fəl]

whimsical(Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing)
adjective
[UK: ˈwɪm.zɪk.l̩] [US: ˈwɪm.zɪk.l̩]

buffo noun
{m}

debt [debts](state or condition of owing something to another)
noun
[UK: det] [US: ˈdet]

buffo adjective
{m}

funny [funnier, funniest](amusing; comical)
adjective
[UK: ˈfʌ.ni] [US: ˈfʌ.ni]
She has a funny face. = Ha un volto buffo.

goofy(silly)
adjective
[UK: ˈɡuː.fi] [US: ˈɡuː.fi]

buffona noun
{f}

clown [clowns](person acting in a silly fashion)
noun
[UK: klaʊn] [US: ˈklaʊn]

buffonata noun
{f}

antic [antics](ludicrous act or behaviour)
noun
[UK: ˈæn.tɪk] [US: ˈæn.tɪk]

frolic [frolics](playful antic)
noun
[UK: ˈfrɒ.lɪk] [US: ˈfrɑː.lɪk]

buffone noun
{m}

antic [antics](grotesque performer or clown)
noun
[UK: ˈæn.tɪk] [US: ˈæn.tɪk]

clown [clowns](person acting in a silly fashion)
noun
[UK: klaʊn] [US: ˈklaʊn]

court jester(person who amused a medieval court)
noun
[UK: kɔːt ˈdʒe.stə(r)] [US: ˈkɔːrt ˈdʒe.stər]

fool [fools](jester)
noun
[UK: fuːl] [US: ˈfuːl]
Stop playing the fool. = Smettila di fare il buffone.

joker [jokers](person who makes jokes)
noun
[UK: ˈdʒəʊkə(r)] [US: ˈdʒoʊkə(r)]

buffone di corte noun
{m}

court jester(person who amused a medieval court)
noun
[UK: kɔːt ˈdʒe.stə(r)] [US: ˈkɔːrt ˈdʒe.stər]

fool [fools](jester)
noun
[UK: fuːl] [US: ˈfuːl]

joker [jokers](person who makes jokes)
noun
[UK: ˈdʒəʊkə(r)] [US: ˈdʒoʊkə(r)]

buffonesco adjective
{m}

clownish(resembling a clown)
adjective
[UK: ˈklaʊ.nɪʃ] [US: ˈklaʊ.nɪʃ]

clownlike(resembling a clown)
adjective

fare il buffone verb

play the fool(behave in a foolish manner)
verb
[UK: ˈpleɪ ðə fuːl] [US: ˈpleɪ ðə ˈfuːl]

macaco di Buffon noun
{m}

crab-eating macaque(Macaca fascicularis)
noun

rabbuffo noun
{m}

reprimand [reprimands](severe, formal or official reproof)
noun
[UK: ˈre.prɪ.mɑːnd] [US: ˈre.prə.ˌmænd]

sbuffo noun
{m}

chug(sound)
noun
[UK: tʃʌɡ] [US: ˈtʃəɡ]

plume [plumes](cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading)
noun
[UK: pluːm] [US: ˈpluːm]

puff [puffs](sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth)
noun
[UK: pʌf] [US: ˈpəf]

sigh [sighs](act of sighing)
noun
[UK: saɪ] [US: ˈsaɪ]