bufar
Spanish, verb/buˈfaɾ/
bufar is spelled B-U-F-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish, the 217,717th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bufar is a Spanish verb meaning “to snort (to exhale angrily through the nose)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Expeler con fuerte sonido el aire de la respiración”.
What does bufar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to snort (to exhale angrily through the nose)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Expeler con fuerte sonido el aire de la respiración. 2. Por extensión, dar muestras de desagrado o ira. 3. Expeler aire por la boca.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bufar
- bufo first-person present singular
- bufé first-person preterite singular
- bufado participle past
- bufando gerund
- bufada feminine participle past
- bufados masculine participle past
- bufadas feminine participle past
- bufas indicative informal present
- bufás indicative informal present
- bufa indicative present singular
- bufamos first-person indicative plural
- bufáis indicative plural present
- bufan indicative plural present
- bufaba first-person imperfect indicative
- bufabas imperfect indicative second-person
- bufábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- bufabais imperfect indicative plural
- bufaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bufar?
- /buˈfaɾ/
- [buˈfaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bufar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bufar in Spanish?
bufar appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).