estelionato
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== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin stelliōnātus (“cozenage, trickery”), from stelliō (“newt; crafty, knavish person”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: es‧te‧li‧o‧na‧to
=== Noun ===
estelionato m (plural estelionatos)
confidence trick
stellionate, embezzlement
==== Related terms ====
estelionatário
=== Further reading ===
“estelionato”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“estelionato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin stelliōnātus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /esteljoˈnato/ [es.t̪e.ljoˈna.t̪o]
Rhymes: -ato
Syllabification: es‧te‧lio‧na‧to
=== Noun ===
estelionato m (plural estelionatos)
stellionate, fraud in selling
=== Further reading ===
“estelionato”, 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