How to pronounce buffo
American English pronunciation
BOO-foh
- IPA
- /ˈbufoʊ/
- Syllables
- BOO · foh (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What buffo means
A singer who plays the funny parts in an opera
In a sentence: The buffo got the biggest laughs when he tripped over his own cape in the middle of a song.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from Italian, where it means funny.
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