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Borrowed from Italian staffetta.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əs.təˈfɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əs.təˈfə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.taˈfe.ta]

estafeta f (plural estafetes)

1. courier

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

Borrowed from Russian эстафета (estafeta), from French estafette (“relay race”).

estafeta

1. relay race

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “estafeta”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧ta‧fe‧ta

Borrowed from Italian staffetta (“courier”).

estafeta m or f by sense (plural estafetas)

1. delivery person
   1. courier (person who delivers messages)

      Synonym: mensageiro

2. (Portugal, sports) relay, relay race

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

estafeta

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

• “estafeta”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “estafeta”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “estafeta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “estafeta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “estafeta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Borrowed from Italian staffetta.

• IPA^(key): /estaˈfeta/ [es.t̪aˈfe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: es‧ta‧fe‧ta

estafeta m or f by sense (plural estafetas)

1. (Latin America) courier

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