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Regno Unito//ˈbʌdi//
Canada//ˈbʌdi//
Canada/[ˈbʌɾi]/
Australia//ˈbɐdi//
//ˈbʊdi//

A friend or casual acquaintance.

sostantivo

1
A friend or casual acquaintance.
They have been buddies since they were in school.
He told us we ought to think of Jesus as our buddy and all. He said he talked to Jesus all the time. Even when he was driving his car. That killed me.
2
A partner for a particular activity.
drinking buddies
training buddies [mentor/mentee]
3
An informal and friendly address to a stranger, usually male; a friendly (or occasionally antagonistic) placeholder name for a person one does not know.
Hey, buddy, I think you dropped this.

Etimologia

First appears c. 1788, in the writings of Charles Dibdin, of uncertain origin. Possibly from *bruddy, *bruthy, a child-talk alteration of brother. Alternatively, perhaps from British colloquial butty (“companion”), also the form of an older dialect term meaning workmate, associated with coal mining. Itself believed derived from 1530 as booty fellow, a partner with whom one shares booty or loot. Alternatively, compare Scots buddo, bodda (“buddy, kiddo, dear”), related to Icelandic budda (“purse"; also "short, stout person”).

pronome

1
A person far removed from the conversation.
I found some earphones in the pocket, buddy must have been pissed.
Buddy's loaded. 'Got like three houses.

verbo

1
To assign a buddy, or partner, to.
If you are being formally buddied, have a good chat with your buddy and find out their interests -- these should more or less match your own.

aggettivo

1
Resembling a bud.
Some of the dwarfer varieties are full of buddy growths in the early stages and these must be cut down and thrown away.

Etimologia

From Middle English buddy, buddi, equivalent to bud + -y.

Forme

plurale: buddies
comparativo: more buddy
superlativo: most buddy
passato: buddied
participio passato: buddied
participio presente: buddying
3ª persona singolare: buddies

Buddha · Siddhartha Gautama, ancient Indian philosopher and teacher…Buddhism · The religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of…Buddhist · Of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism.

buddy · A friend or casual acquaintance.

Buddy · A male nickname.budge · To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.Budge · A surname.

Le pagine vicine — L'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.