Sbuffare (transl. To puff, To snort)

😤 From steam engines to annoyed teenagers

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🎙️ COME SI PRONUNCIA?

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VERBO
VERB

To snort, To grumble

🇮🇹 Espirare con forza, spesso per esprimere fastidio o impazienza.
🇬🇧 To exhale forcefully, often to express annoyance or impatience.

To puff

🇮🇹 Emettere fumo o vapore.
🇬🇧 To emit smoke or steam.

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💬 ESEMPI

Non la finiva più di parlare, e tutti cominciavano a sbuffare.
He wouldn't stop talking, and everyone was starting to show their impatience.

Mia figlia sbuffa sempre quando le chiedo di riordinare la camera.
My daughter always snorts when I ask her to clean her room.

Chiedere (transl. To ask, To request)

Il treno sbuffava mentre saliva la montagna.
The train was puffing as it climbed the mountain.

Salire (transl. To go up, To climb)

Non sbuffarmi il fumo della pipa negli occhi!
Don't blow your pipe smoke in my eyes!

Fumo (transl. Smoke)

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📚 ESPRESSIONI UTILI

Sbuffare di impazienza

→ To fume with impatience

La cliente sbuffava di impazienza mentre aspettava il suo turno.
The customer was fuming with impatience while waiting for her turn.

Non fare altro che sbuffare

→ To do nothing but complain

Da quando è iniziata la scuola non fa altro che sbuffare.
Since school started, he's done nothing but complain.

Sbuffare per la fatica

→ To pant

Dopo la corsa, sbuffava per la fatica.
After the run, he was panting.

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🔎 L’ORIGINE DELLA PAROLA

🇮🇹 Sbuffare è una parola onomatopeica che imita il suono dell'aria espulsa con forza.

🇬🇧 Sbuffare is an onomatopoeic word that imitates the sound of forcefully expelled air.

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