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feminine
/esˈtafa/
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Translation
scam, swindle
Word origin
From the verb 'estafar' ('to swindle'), generally traced to Italian 'staffare' ('to lose a foot from the stirrup'), from 'staffa' ('stirrup'), with the sense of leaving someone in the lurch.
- Origin
- Italian
- Root
- staffa
- English cognates
- staff
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralestafas
Examples
.
He was the victim of an online scam.
investiga millonaria.
The police are investigating a million-euro swindle.
¡ , !
This is a scam, I want my money back!
Denunciaron .
They reported the fraud to the authorities.
telefónica .
They fell for a very common telephone scam.
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