estafar

Catalan

Etymology

From Spanish, from Italian staffare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.təˈfa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.taˈfaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

estafar (first-person singular present estafo, first-person singular preterite estafí, past participle estafat)

1. to scam, swindle

Derived terms

• estafa
• estafador

 

Further reading

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Italian staffare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estaˈfaɾ/ [es.t̪aˈfaɾ]

Verb

1. to swindle, to con, to defraud, to scam, to grift, to gyp, to diddle, to rook
2. to rip off, to cheat, to bilk, to shortchange, to chisel

Usage notes

The difference between estafar and timar and their corresponding derivatives is that estafar typically has to do with graver offense in conning and swindling than timar does. Esafar is more of an action that you could be potentially arrested for. Keep in mind as always that this can vary regionally, and in some places both terms may be entirely synonymous.

Derived terms

• estafa
• estafador

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: estafar

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001