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bufera

blizzard, storm

noun boo-FEH-rah Rare

Also means

uproar, turmoil

Usage Note

Bufera primarily denotes a violent snowstorm or blizzard (una bufera di neve), but it is widely used figuratively for a political or social storm: la bufera giudiziaria (the judicial storm). Always feminine. Do not confuse with il temporale (thunderstorm) or la tormenta (snowstorm), which are more specific.

Examples

"Una bufera di neve ha bloccato le strade."

Natural Translation

A snowstorm has blocked the roads.

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