bufê
Portuguese, noun
bufê is spelled B-U-F-Ê (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,050th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bufê is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a buffet (food laid out so diners may serve themselves)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, bufe is a different word: “first/third-person singular present subjunctive”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “serviço oferecido para festas em geral e que se encarrega dos preparativos, bem como providência bebidas…”.
What does bufê mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea buffet (food laid out so diners may serve themselves)
- 2
masculinea venue for hosting birthday parties, whose services include decoration and catering.
Temos que definir o bufê onde vai ser sua festa.
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. serviço oferecido para festas em geral e que se encarrega dos preparativos, bem como providência bebidas, comidas etc. 2. diz-se das bebidas, comidas e dos serviços prestados nessas festas ou reuniões
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 bufê
- bufês plural
- buffet alternative
- bifê alternative proscribed
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bufê
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bufê in Portuguese?
bufê appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).