estafeta

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian staffetta.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

estafeta f (plural estafetes)

1. courier

Further reading

• “estafeta”, 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

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

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

Noun

estafeta

1. relay race

Declension

Declension of estafeta

	singular	plural
nominative	estafeta	estafetalar
genitive	estafetanıñ	estafetalarnıñ
dative	estafetağa	estafetalarğa
accusative	estafetanı	estafetalarnı
locative	estafetada	estafetalarda
ablative	estafetadan	estafetalardan

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.taˈfe.tɐ/, /es.taˈfe.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.taˈfe.tɐ/, /es.taˈfe.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.taˈfe.tɐ/, /eʃ.taˈfe.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɐˈfe.tɐ/

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

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Lombardic staphobor.

Italian staffa

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Italian -ettoder.

Italian -etta

Italian staffettabor.

Portuguese estafeta

Borrowed from Italian staffetta (“courier”).

Noun

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

estafeta

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

Further reading

• “estafeta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “estafeta”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “estafeta”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “estafeta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “estafeta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Lombardic staphobor.

Italian staffa

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Italian -ettoder.

Italian -etta

Italian staffettabor.

Spanish estafeta

Borrowed from Italian staffetta.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

estafeta m or f by sense (plural estafetas)

1. (Latin America) courier

Related terms

• estafar

Further reading

• “estafeta”, 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