truffa

French

Verb

truffa

1. third-person singular past historic of truffer

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtruf.fa/
• Rhymes: -uffa
• Hyphenation: trùf‧fa

Etymology 1

From Old French trufe, Old Occitan trufa. Compare for more Italian tartufo.

Noun

truffa f (plural truffe)

1. fraud, swindle, scam

   commettere una truffa ― commit a fraud

   • 1975, “Le storie di ieri”, in Rimmel, performed by Francesco De Gregori:

     Mussolini ha scritto anche poesie / I poeti che brutte creature / Ogni volta che parlano è una truffa

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Derived terms

• teletruffa

Etymology 2

Verb

truffa

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