aria buffa

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aria buffa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Buffa \Buf"fa\, n. fem. (Mus.) [It. See Buffoon.]
     The comic actress in an opera. -- a. Comic, farcical.
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     Aria buffa, a droll or comic air.
  
     Opera buffa, a comic opera. See Opera bouffe.
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