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• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈbe̞.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈbɛ.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈbɛ.fa]

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Borrowed from Italian beffa (“prank”).

befa f (plural befes)

1. jeer, taunt

• befar

• “befa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

befa

1. inflection of befar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbefa/ [ˈbe.fa]
• Rhymes: -efa
• Syllabification: be‧fa

befa f (plural befas)

1. jeering

befa f

1. feminine singular of befo

• “befa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025