estafeta

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian staffetta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əs.təˈfɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əs.təˈfə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.taˈfe.ta]

Noun

estafeta f (plural estafetes)

1. courier

Further reading

• “estafeta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian эстафета (estafeta), from French estafette (“relay race”).

Noun

estafeta

1. relay race

Declension

Declension of estafeta

	singular	plural
nominative	estafeta	estafetalar
genitive	estafetanıñ	estafetalarnıñ
dative	estafetağa	estafetalarğa
accusative	estafetanı	estafetalarnı
locative	estafetada	estafetalarda
ablative	estafetadan	estafetalardan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “estafeta”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.taˈfe.tɐ/, /es.taˈfe.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.taˈfe.tɐ/, /es.taˈfe.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.taˈfe.tɐ/, /eʃ.taˈfe.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.taˈfe.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɐˈfe.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧ta‧fe‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian staffetta (“courier”).

Noun

estafeta m or f by sense (plural estafetas)

1. delivery person
   1. courier (person who delivers messages)

      Synonym: mensageiro

2. (Portugal, sports) relay, relay race

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

estafeta

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

Further reading

• “estafeta”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “estafeta”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “estafeta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “estafeta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “estafeta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian staffetta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estaˈfeta/ [es.t̪aˈfe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: es‧ta‧fe‧ta

Noun

estafeta m or f by sense (plural estafetas)

1. (Latin America) courier

Related terms

• estafar

Further reading

• “estafeta”, 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