buço

English translation: mustache / moustache / upper lip hair

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Portuguese term or phrase:	buço
English translation:	mustache / moustache / upper lip hair
Entered by:	priscilalaterza

23:01 Jan 30, 2009

Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Cosmetics, Beauty

Portuguese term or phrase: buço

I'd like to hear the opinion of native speakers. Here's a picture of Frida Kahlo, who is a famous woman that has "buço": http://onechick.com/smog/images/frida_kahlo.jpg

What is more common/used anyway:

fluff on the upper lip? (as in Michaelis's entry)
upper-lip fluff?
hairy upper lip?
m(o)ustache hair?

And does "bum fluff" refer to boys only?

priscilalaterza KudoZ activity Questions: 23 (none open) Answers: 132 Brazil
Local time: 15:29

(female) facial hair/mustache

Explanation:
The reasons why women get hair growth on their facial area varies. Many times it is simply a matter of genetics. Does your grandmother or even your mother have a mustache? If so, you may one day have the same problem
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/23287/facial_hair_r...

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Note added at 26 mins (2009-01-30 23:27:32 GMT)
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Facial Hair Removal For Females Female facial hair most often appears over the lip and on the chin, but many females have a wealth of unwanted hair on their jaw, cheeks and neck. ...
www.hair-removal-shaver.com/facial-hair-removal.html - 9k

Selected response from:

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 14:29

Grading comment

Simply "m(o)ustache" or "upper lip hair". Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

upper lip hair/fuzz

Enza Longo

4 +3

(female) facial hair/mustache

Marlene Curtis

4 +2

a "moustache" [here]

Rachel Fell

down

José Henrique Moreira

Answers

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

upper lip hair/fuzz

Explanation:
I've heard it referred to as upper lip hair or fuzz but never fluff

Enza Longo
Canada
Local time: 14:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks a bunch, Enza. I chose Marlene's answer because m(o)ustache is more widely used, but yours is also right.

25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

(female) facial hair/mustache

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 14:29
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 44

Grading comment

Simply "m(o)ustache" or "upper lip hair". Thank you.

29 mins confidence:

down

Explanation:
Dicionário Porto Editora:

Buço = Down (on upper lip)

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Note added at 40 mins (2009-01-30 23:41:47 GMT)
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Of course. I had never heard this term, I don't suppose it's very common, but it's one more suggestion. Cheers!

Reference: http://www.google.pt/search?hl=pt-PT&q=%22down+on+upper+lip%...

José Henrique Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 19:29
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

Notes to answerer

Asker: Down is also found in Michaelis. I want to know what's more common, so let's wait and see.

Asker: Thanks, José Henrique.

52 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

a "moustache" [here]

Explanation:
I wouldn't say "down" - it suggests a teenage boy rather than a slightly hirsute female - it isn't on her upper lip - and is a moustache rather than facial hair, which might be on the cheeks rather than in other areas

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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-01-31 10:21:36 GMT)
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didn't realise spelling difference:

moustache is almost universal in British English while mustache predominates in American English, except for the third edition of Webster (1961), which gives moustache as the principal headword spelling. Later editions of Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary (from the 1973 eighth edition) give mustache.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moustache#cite_note-0

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Note added at 21 hrs (2009-01-31 20:04:25 GMT)
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I'd say that facial hair is called "down" when it first starts to grow there, like on a boy who hasn't yet started shaving, and it is fine hair, not at all coarse.

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Note added at 4 days (2009-02-04 14:21:30 GMT) Post-grading
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:-)

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:29
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks for all the references and clarifications, Rachel. They've been very helpful. I chose Marlene's answer as she'd posted it first.

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