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Unadapted borrowing from Spanish estafa.

estafa (plural estafas)

1. (Philippines) fraud, con

Deverbal from estafar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈta.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈta.fa]

estafa f (plural estafes)

1. scam, con

• “estafa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “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, 2024

estafa

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

Borrowed from Italian staffa.

estafa f (plural estafas)

1. fatigue, tiredness

   Synonym: fadiga

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

estafa

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

• “estafa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “estafa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

• IPA^(key): /esˈtafa/ [esˈt̪a.fa]
• Rhymes: -afa
• Syllabification: es‧ta‧fa

Deverbal from estafar, from Italian.

estafa f (plural estafas)

1. scam, fraud, racket

   Synonyms: fraude, timo, engaño, engañifa

2. (colloquial) rip-off

   Synonyms: sablazo, pufo, garrotazo

estafa

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

Borrowed from Italian staffa (“stirrup, footrest”).

estafa f (plural estafas)

1. (equestrianism) stirrup

   Synonym: estribo

• “estafa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014