# bofe
## English
### Determiner

bofe
* Pronunciation spelling of both.

### Anagrams

* Febo, befo, befo'

## Galician
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Spanish bofe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbofe̝/

### Noun

bofe m (plural bofes)
* lung (of an animal)
    Synonyms: boche, livián, pulmón
* (informal) lung (of a person)
    Synonym: pulmón

#### Related terms

* bofetada

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bofe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bofe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bofe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bofe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bofe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “bofe”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɔ.fi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɔ.fi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɔ.fe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɔ.fɨ/
* Rhymes: -ɔfi
* Hyphenation: bo‧fe

### Etymology 1

From Spanish bofe (“lung”).

#### Noun

bofe m (plural bofes)
* (informal, usually in the plural) lung, bellows
    Synonym: pulmão
** For quotations using this term, see Citations:bofe.
* (usually in the plural) offal (animal's organs as food)
    Synonym: fressura
* (Brazil, informal, derogatory) ugly person
* (Brazil, informal, derogatory) old prostitute
* (Brazil, gay slang) man, guy
** 2013 May 1, Evandro Santo, O melhor do pior‎, Matrix Editora, →ISBN:Empresário, publicitário, cantor... sei lá mais o quê, mas o bofe tem "aqué" (dinheiro, na gíria gay)!Businessman, advertiser, singer... I don't know what else, but the guy's got "aqué" (gay slang for money)!

##### Derived terms

* abrir os bofes
* atirar-se como gato a bofe
* botar os bofes para fora
* deitar os bofes pela boca
* estar com os bofes de fora
* maus bofes
* mostrar os bofes
* rega-bofe

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

bofe
* inflection of bofar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### References

* “bofe”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “bofe”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
* “bofe”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “bofe”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “bofe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbofe/ [ˈbo.fe]
* Rhymes: -ofe
* Syllabification: bo‧fe

### Noun

bofe m (plural bofes)
* lung (of animals)
* lung (food)

### Further reading

* “bofe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10