bafarada

Catalan

Etymology

From baf +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [bə.fəˈɾa.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ba.faˈɾa.ða]

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Noun

bafarada f (plural bafarades)

1. puff of breath
2. (comics) speech bubble

Further reading

• “bafarada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “bafarada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “bafarada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “bafarada”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

From bafar + -ada. First attested in 1321 as a nickname.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bafaˈɾaða̝/

Noun

bafarada m (plural bafaradas)

1. puff (of bad breath)
2. gust, blast (of wind)

Related terms

• abafar
• bafo

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bafarada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bafarada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bafarada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN