buffalo in Finnish
buffalo in Finnish is puhveli, puhvelikarppi — buffalo means to intimidate, confuse, or trick someone, often to pressure them into doing something.
buffalo in Finnish
puhveli
An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
puhvelikarppi
The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
What does "buffalo" mean?
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verb To intimidate, confuse, or trick someone, often to pressure them into doing something.
"The nontechnical administrator should never be buffaloed by the esoteric vocabulary and the endless jargon of the computer expert."
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verb To hunt buffalo.
"The tribe buffaloed each autumn to stock up on food for winter."
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buffalo in a sentence
- The nontechnical administrator should never be buffaloed by the esoteric vocabulary and the endless jargon of the computer expert.
- If nonfiction is where you do your best writing, or your best teaching of writing, don't be buffaloed into the idea that it's an inferior species.
- The tribe buffaloed each autumn to stock up on food for winter.
- He spent that season buffaloing on the plains with a small group of hunters.
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What is "buffalo" in Finnish?
"buffalo" in Finnish is puhveli, puhvelikarppi. buffalo means: To intimidate, confuse, or trick someone, often to pressure them into doing something.
Are there other ways to say "buffalo" in Finnish?
Yes — Finnish has 2 translations listed for "buffalo": puhveli, puhvelikarppi.
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