bufón
Spanish, noun/buˈfon/
bufón is spelled B-U-F-Ó-N (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,530th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bufón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “jester” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cómico cuyo trabajo consistía en hacer reír al rey”.
What does bufón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejester
noun
- 1
masculinepeddler
- 2
masculineblowhole
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cómico cuyo trabajo consistía en hacer reír al rey. 2. Persona que con observaciones, narraciones y gestos histriónicos o groseros se ocupa de hacer reír.
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 bufón
- bufones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bufón?
- /buˈfon/
- [buˈfõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bufón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bufón in Spanish?
bufón appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).