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baffo

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Italian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaf.fo/
  • Rhymes: -affo
  • Hyphenation: bàf‧fo

Noun

baffo m (plural baffi)

  1. whisker (of an animal)
  2. (usually in the plural) moustache
    Synonym: mostaccio
    Ho i baffi.I have a mustache.
    • 1973, “1940 [title]”, in Alice non lo sa, performed by Francesco De Gregori:
      E la gente che legge i giornali / Sta parlando dell'uomo coi baffi / L'altro ieri è arrivato a Parigi
      And the people who read the papers / Say that the man with the moustache / Arrived the day before yesterday in Paris

Further reading

  • baffo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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