Noun: pufo
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | pufo |
| Plural m | pufos |
Sample Sentences
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O xestor deixou un pufo de 5 millóns de euros (The manager left a [irregular/undeclared] debt of € 5M)
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pido con xusticia qu'o señor Gobernador pubrique unha real orde impoñendo castigos ós pufistas, pois señores, os xastres estamos cheos de pufos hastr'a cabeza (I ask with justice that the Governor publish a royal decree imposing a punishment on the scammers, because, gentlemen, we the tailors are filled with unpaid debts till our heads) [1884, O tío Marcos da Portela, II, 31:]
Nouns inflected like pufo
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Attested since circa 1845. Probably onomatopoeic.
Verbs referencing "pufo"
Spanish Nouns
pufo, Asturian Nouns
pufu.
Translations