estafa

See also: estafá

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish estafa.

Noun

estafa (plural estafas)

1. (Philippines) fraud, con

Catalan

Etymology 1

Deverbal from estafar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈta.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈta.fa]

Noun

estafa f (plural estafes)

1. scam, con

Further reading

• “estafa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “estafa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “estafa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Etymology 2

Verb

estafa

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian staffa.

Noun

estafa f (plural estafas)

1. fatigue, tiredness

   Synonym: fadiga

   • 1977, Clarice Lispector, A hora da estrela [The Hour of the Star]:

     Como a nordestina, há milhares de moças espalhadas por cortiços, vagas de cama num quarto, atrás de balcões trabalhando até a estafa.

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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

estafa

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

Further reading

• “estafa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “estafa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtafa/ [esˈt̪a.fa]
• Rhymes: -afa
• Syllabification: es‧ta‧fa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from estafar, from Italian.

Noun

estafa f (plural estafas)

1. scam, fraud, racket

   Synonyms: fraude, timo, engaño, engañifa

2. (colloquial) rip-off

   Synonyms: sablazo, pufo, garrotazo

Derived terms

• estafa piramidal

 

Verb

estafa

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian staffa (“stirrup, footrest”).

Noun

estafa f (plural estafas)

1. (equestrianism) stirrup

   Synonym: estribo

Further reading

• “estafa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10