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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Probably of onomatopoeic origin.
Noun
beffa f (plural beffe)
- joke, prank
- Synonym: scherzo
1947, Primo Levi, “Sul fundo”, in Se questo è un uomo [If This Is a Man], Torino: Einaudi, published 1987, →ISBN, page 23:Sciocchezze, a me pare ovvio che il cartello è una beffa, «essi» sanno che noi moriamo di sete, e ci mettono in una camera, e c'è un rubinetto, e Wassertrinken verboten.- Nonsense, it seems obvious to me that the sign is a joke, "they" know that we are dying of thirst, and they put us in a room, and there is a faucet, and Wassertrinken verboten.
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
beffa
- inflection of beffare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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