estelionato

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stelliōnātus (“cozenage, trickery”), from stelliō (“newt; crafty, knavish person”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.te.li.oˈna.tu/ [is.te.lɪ.oˈna.tu], (faster pronunciation) /is.te.ljoˈna.tu/, /es.te.li.oˈna.tu/ [es.te.lɪ.oˈna.tu], (faster pronunciation) /es.te.ljoˈna.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.te.li.oˈna.tu/ [is.te.lɪ.oˈna.tu], (faster pronunciation) /is.te.ljoˈna.tu/, /es.te.li.oˈna.tu/ [es.te.lɪ.oˈna.tu], (faster pronunciation) /es.te.ljoˈna.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.te.li.oˈna.tu/ [iʃ.te.lɪ.oˈna.tu], (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.te.ljoˈna.tu/, /eʃ.te.li.oˈna.tu/ [eʃ.te.lɪ.oˈna.tu], (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.te.ljoˈna.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.te.li.oˈna.to/ [es.te.lɪ.oˈna.to], (faster pronunciation) /es.te.ljoˈna.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨ.ljuˈna.tu/

• Hyphenation: es‧te‧li‧o‧na‧to

Noun

estelionato m (plural estelionatos)

1. confidence trick
2. stellionate, embezzlement

Related terms

• estelionatário

Spanish

Noun

estelionato m (plural estelionatos)

1. stellionate, fraud in selling

Further reading

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