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buffa

[ boo-fuh; Italian boof-fah ]

noun

plural buffe
  1. a woman who sings comic roles in opera.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of buffa1

< Italian; feminine of buffo
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This obscure and hilariously outrageous takeoff on the genre of Italian opera buffa, written in 1846, turned out to be the hit of the weekend.

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“Our absentee counting board workers are well-trained and work very hard to process each and every ballot received,” said Sonja Buffa, the city clerk.

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And that’s where it gets even more challenging — there are these buffa parts, that even those huge directors that I’ve seen fail at.

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A comic opera ends with a wedding, and our opera buffa is no exception.

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The Italian company, which teamed up with Meta on smart glasses in 2020, plans to build “a gateway” to augmented reality and the metaverse by improving features such as those that allow people to make hands-free calls via WhatsApp and take photos, said Federico Buffa, head of its eyewear research and development.

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