What does bufala in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word bufala in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use bufala in Italian.

The word bufala in Italian means female buffalo, buffalo mozzarella, hoax, buffalo milk mozzarella, buffalo mozzarella. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word bufala

female buffalo

sostantivo femminile (esemplare femmina di bovino)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il suo allevamento contava soprattutto bufale.
There were mainly female buffaloes on his farm.

buffalo mozzarella

sostantivo femminile (tipo di mozzarella) (Italian cheese)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Questa pizza è fatta solo con bufala campana.
There is only buffalo mozzarella from Campania on this pizza.

hoax

sostantivo femminile (figurato (balla, cosa inventata) (colloquial)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Già quando la notizia iniziava a diffondersi la popolazione sapeva che si trattava di una bufala.
As soon as the news started to spread the population knew it was a hoax.

buffalo milk mozzarella, buffalo mozzarella

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mi piace la mozzarella di bufala, anche se talvolta ha troppa acqua.
I like buffalo mozzarella a lot even though sometimes it can be too liquidy.

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