buff

aficionado, entusiasta

Persona que se interesa mucho por un tema y sabe mucho de él.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who is very interested in a subject and knows a lot about it.

• My dad is a history buff.
• Film buffs will enjoy this collection of old movies.
• Are you a music buff too?

Sinónimos: enthusiast, fan, aficionado

Expresiones frecuentes: history buff, film buff, music buff

mejora, potenciación

Cambio en un juego que aumenta el poder de un personaje, objeto o ataque.

En inglés sencillo: A change to a game that makes a character, item, or attack more powerful.

• The new patch gives this weapon a buff.
• Players welcomed the buff to their favorite character.
• Several buffs made the smaller units more useful.

Cómo se usa: a buff to something (The update includes a buff to the weakest weapons.)

Sinónimos: improvement, power increase

Antónimos: nerf

Expresiones frecuentes: weapon buff, damage buff, buff to something

piel desnuda

La piel sin cubrir; en «in the buff», indica que alguien está sin ropa.

En inglés sencillo: A person’s bare skin, especially in the expression “in the buff,” meaning without clothes.

• He was sunbathing in the buff.
• She walked out of the shower in the buff.
• They stripped to the buff before jumping into the lake.

Cómo se usa: in the buff (He sleeps in the buff.)

Sinónimos: bare skin

Expresiones frecuentes: in the buff, to the buff

musculoso

Que tiene músculos grandes y fuertes.

En inglés sencillo: Having large, strong muscles.

• He looks really buff.
• She got buff after months of lifting weights.
• The buff lifeguard carried the heavy equipment easily.

Sinónimos: muscular, well-built

Expresiones frecuentes: buff guy, get buff, look buff

pulir, abrillantar

Frotar una superficie hasta que quede lisa y brillante.

En inglés sencillo: To rub a surface until it becomes smooth and shiny.

• Buff your shoes with a cloth.
• He buffed the car until it shone.
• The workers are buffing the wooden floor.

Cómo se usa: buff something with something (Buff the silver with a soft cloth.); buff something to a shine (She buffed the table to a shine.)

Sinónimos: polish

Expresiones frecuentes: buff your shoes, buff a surface, buff something up

potenciar, mejorar

Hacer que un personaje o un objeto de un juego sea más poderoso.

En inglés sencillo: To make a character or item in a game more powerful.

• This spell will buff your character.
• The developers buffed the weakest weapons last week.
• Can you buff the whole team before the battle?

Sinónimos: strengthen, enhance

Antónimos: nerf

Expresiones frecuentes: buff a character, buff a weapon, buff someone’s attack