bufete

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French buffet. Doublet of bufê.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈfɛ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈfɛ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈfɛ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈfɛ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: bu‧fe‧te

Noun

bufete m (plural bufetes)

1. buffet (food laid out so diners may serve themselves)

   Synonym: bufê

2. tuck shop (place in a school where snacks are sold)

Further reading

• “bufete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “bufete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French buffet. Doublet of buffet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈfete/ [buˈfe.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: bu‧fe‧te

Noun

bufete m (plural bufetes)

1. lawyer's office

   Synonym: bufete de abogados

Descendants

• → Cebuano: bupete
• → Tagalog: bupete

Further reading

• “bufete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024