esbufec

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from esbufegar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əz.buˈfe̞k]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əz.buˈfək]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [əz.buˈfɛk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ez.buˈfek]

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Noun

esbufec m (plural esbufecs)

1. pant, gasp, wheeze

Further reading

• “esbufec”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “esbufec”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)