Masculine
boef
Meaning
- (masculine) crook, thief, thug
- (masculine) rascal, scamp
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
Schurke
ladrão
voleur
bandito
bandit
κλέφτηςFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/buf/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch boef, boeve, bouve, from Old Dutch *buovo, from Proto-Germanic *bōbô, a reduplicated form of *bō- (“father, brother, male relative”). Cognate with English bub, Pennsylvania Dutch Bub, German Bube, Icelandic bófi (“rogue, knave”). Related also to English babe, English boy.
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