buffet

(Inglés)

Noun

1. A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
2. Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
3. A small low stool; a hassock.

Verb

1. (transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
3. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
4. To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
5. (intransitive) To struggle, contend; also in figurative or extended use: to move as if driven by force.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈbʊ.feɪ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: buffet

Cognado con italiano: buffetto

Cognado con alemán: puffen

Heredado de inglés medio: buffeten

In summary

Inherited from Middle English buffet (“stool”), from Middle French buffet (“side table”), from Old French buffet, of unknown origin. The modern pronunciation is remodelled after modern French buffet.

Conceptos

aparador

bar

cafetería

cantina

zarandear

bufete

bufet

fonda

la cafetería

zangolotear

bufé

batir a golpes

ábaco

🧮

self-service

buffet

golpe

lubina

maltratar

sacudir

Sinónimos

slap

cuff

counter

strike

bar

hit

batter

box

📦

beat

bang

smite

knock

sideboard

push one’s way

squeeze through

squeeze into

smorgasbord

snack bar

snack counter

elbow one’s way

shoulder one’s way

cupboard

knock about

ram

🐏

refreshment room

buff

bump

force one’s way

squeeze between

overcome

poke

pommel

pound

💷

puff

pulsate

pulse

punch

👊

push

rap

scuffle

shake

🫨

shove

shroud

slat

smack

spat

struggle

surmount

swat

tea trolley

Traducciones

buffet

buffet

Büfett

bufet

κυλικείο

bar

Buffet

buffet

plaga

μπουφές

tapkast

abacus

bar

Schlag

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