estafa

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Spanish estafa. === Noun === estafa (plural estafas) (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) scam, con ==== Further reading ==== “estafa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “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, 2026 === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== estafa inflection of estafar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian staffa. ==== Noun ==== estafa f (plural estafas) fatigue, tiredness Synonym: fadiga === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== estafa inflection of estafar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “estafa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “estafa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “estafa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == 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) scam, fraud, racket Synonyms: fraude, timo, engaño, engañifa (colloquial) rip-off Synonyms: sablazo, pufo, garrotazo ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== estafa inflection of estafar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Italian staffa (“stirrup, footrest”). ==== Noun ==== estafa f (plural estafas) (equestrianism) stirrup Synonym: estribo === Further reading === “estafa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025