trufa

See also: trufá, and trufă

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan trufa. Doublet of tòfona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾu.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾu.fa]

Noun

trufa f (plural trufes)

1. (Northern) truffle

   Synonym: tòfona

2. chocolate truffle
3. (archaic) joke

   Synonym: burla

Derived terms

• trufa cuita
• trufada
• trufador
• trufar
• trumfa

 

Further reading

• “trufa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “trufa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “trufa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Interlingua

Noun

trufa (plural trufas)

1. truffle

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• trüfa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtryfa/

Noun

trufa f (plural trufe)

1. scam, swindle

Related terms

• trufé

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾu.fɐ/

Noun

trufa f (plural trufas)

1. truffle (fungus)
2. truffle (confection)

Related terms

• trufar
• trufeira
• trufeiro

Further reading

• “trufa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾufa/ [ˈt̪ɾu.fa]

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• Rhymes: -ufa
• Syllabification: tru‧fa

Etymology 1

trufa

From Old Occitan trufa, from Vulgar Latin *tufera, from Latin tuber.

Noun

trufa f (plural trufas)

1. truffle (tuber)

Etymology 2

Verb

trufa

1. inflection of trufar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “trufa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• fruta