bufar
Portuguese, verb/buˈfa(ʁ)/
bufar is spelled B-U-F-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 93,598th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bufar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to blow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “soprar com força”.
What does bufar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to blow
- 2
to boast
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. soprar com força 2. alardear
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bufar
- bufo first-person present singular
- bufei first-person preterite singular
- bufado participle past
- bufares infinitive second-person singular
- bufarmos first-person infinitive plural
- bufardes infinitive plural second-person
- bufarem infinitive plural third-person
- bufando gerund
- bufados masculine participle past
- bufada feminine participle past
- bufadas feminine participle past
- bufas indicative present second-person
- bufa indicative present singular
- bufamos first-person indicative plural
- bufais indicative plural present
- bufam indicative plural present
- bufava first-person imperfect indicative
- bufavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bufar?
- Brazil /buˈfa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [buˈfa(h)]
- /buˈfa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
bufar appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).