butllofa

Catalan

Etymology

Blend of bolla +‎ bufa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [buʎˈʎɔ.fə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [bulˈlɔ.fə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [bulˈlɔ.fa]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)

Noun

butllofa f (plural butllofes)

  1. blister
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 4, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      No passava res i em vaig curar les butllofes de les mans, que m'havia fet quan collia brases, i les esgarrapades del coll, producte de les urpes assassines.
      Nothing happened and I tended to the blisters on my hands, which I had incurred picking up embers, and to the scratches in my neck, caused by the murderous claws.
  2. lie

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