bufanúvols
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb-object compound, composed of bufa (“to blow, to inflate”) + núvols (“clouds”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˌbu.fəˈnu.βuls]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˌbu.fəˈnu.vols]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˌbu.faˈnu.vols]
Noun[edit]
bufanúvols m or f by sense (invariable)
- pretentious person
- 1966, Josep Pla, Un Senyor de Barcelona, Biblioteca Selecta, page 176
- Eren presos per simples bufanúvols sense importància
- They were taken for mere pretentious people without importance
- 1966, Josep Pla, Un Senyor de Barcelona, Biblioteca Selecta, page 176
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