Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Buffalo

Proper noun

Búfalo f

1. Buffalo (a city in New York, United States of America)

Portuguese

Noun

búfalo m (plural búfalos, feminine búfala, feminine plural búfalas)

1. buffalo

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin bufalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος ‎(boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbufalo̞/

Noun

búfalo m ‎(plural búfalos)

1. buffalo (Old World bovine)
2. buffalo, the American bison

Synonyms

• (American bison): bisonte americano m

Derived terms

• búfalo cafre m
• búfalo de agua m

Related terms

• búbalo

References

• “búfalo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.