Usually means: Comic male singer in opera.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. buffo: Merriam-Webster
  2. buffo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. buffo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. buffo: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Buffo, buffo: Wordnik
  6. buffo: Wiktionary
  7. buffo: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. buffo: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. buffo: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Buffo, buffo: Dictionary.com
  11. Buffo: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Buffo: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. buffo: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Buffo: Rhymezone
  15. Buffo: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. buffo: FreeDictionary.org
  17. buffo: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Buffo: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Buffo)

▸ noun:  (music) A comic singer, particularly in comic opera
▸ noun:  A surname from Italian.

Similar:
comique, opéra bouffe, buffster, buffoon, boff, funnyman, buffoonism, antic, antique, farceur, more...

Types:
clown, jester, harlequin, pantomime, mime, more...

Phrases:
basso buffo, Duetto buffo di due gatti, more...

Adjectives:
basso, italian, good, poor, ordinary, excellent, real, gifted, averagely, lucky, famous



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Similar:
comique, opéra bouffe, buffster, buffoon, boff, funnyman, buffoonism, antic, antique, farceur, more...

Types:
clown, jester, harlequin, pantomime, mime, more...

Phrases:
basso buffo, Duetto buffo di due gatti, more...

Adjectives:
basso, italian, good, poor, ordinary, excellent, real, gifted, averagely, lucky, famous



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