buffo

See also: Buffo and buffò

English

Etymology

From Italian buffo.

Noun

buffo (plural buffos or buffi)

1. (music) A comic singer, particularly in comic opera
   • 2007 January 27, Vivien Schweitzer, “Young Lovers, a Vespa and a Frolic by Rossini”, in New York Times‎:

     Signor Bruschino was updated from a generic buffo character to an oily, scholarly-looking, suit-clad neurotic, excellently acted and sung by Marco Nistico.