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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish estafar, from Italian staffare.
Pronunciation
Verb
estafar (first-person singular present estafo, first-person singular preterite estafí, past participle estafat)
- to scam, swindle
Conjugation
Derived terms
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
estafar (first-person singular present estafo, first-person singular preterite estafei, past participle estafado)
- to overload with work, to tire, to weary, to exhaust
- to beat up, to physically attack
- to spendthrift, to waste money
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian staffare (“to lose one's stirrup”), comparing the victim of a fraud to a rider.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /estaˈfaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: es‧ta‧far
Verb
estafar (first-person singular present estafo, first-person singular preterite estafé, past participle estafado)
- (transitive) to swindle, to con
- Synonyms: engañar, timar
- (transitive) to rip off, to cheat
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. Estafar 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 the two terms may be entirely synonymous.
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of estafar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive estafar
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dative
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estafarme
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estafarte
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estafarle, estafarse
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estafarnos
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estafaros
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estafarles, estafarse
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accusative
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estafarme
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estafarte
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estafarlo, estafarla, estafarse
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estafarnos
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estafaros
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estafarlos, estafarlas, estafarse
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with gerund estafando
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dative
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estafándome
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estafándote
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estafándole, estafándose
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estafándonos
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estafándoos
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estafándoles, estafándose
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accusative
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estafándome
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estafándote
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estafándolo, estafándola, estafándose
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estafándonos
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estafándoos
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estafándolos, estafándolas, estafándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative estafa
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dative
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estáfame
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estáfate
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estáfale
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estáfanos
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not used
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estáfales
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accusative
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estáfame
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estáfate
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estáfalo, estáfala
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estáfanos
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not used
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estáfalos, estáfalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative estafá
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dative
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estafame
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estafate
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estafale
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estafanos
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not used
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estafales
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accusative
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estafame
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estafate
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estafalo, estafala
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estafanos
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not used
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estafalos, estafalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative estafe
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dative
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estáfeme
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not used
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estáfele, estáfese
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estáfenos
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not used
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estáfeles
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accusative
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estáfeme
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not used
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estáfelo, estáfela, estáfese
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estáfenos
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not used
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estáfelos, estáfelas
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with first-person plural imperative estafemos
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dative
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not used
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estafémoste
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estafémosle
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estafémonos
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estafémoos
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estafémosles
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accusative
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not used
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estafémoste
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estafémoslo, estafémosla
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estafémonos
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estafémoos
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estafémoslos, estafémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative estafad
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dative
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estafadme
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not used
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estafadle
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estafadnos
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estafaos
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estafadles
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accusative
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estafadme
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not used
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estafadlo, estafadla
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estafadnos
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estafaos
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estafadlos, estafadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative estafen
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dative
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estáfenme
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not used
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estáfenle
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estáfennos
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not used
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estáfenles, estáfense
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accusative
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estáfenme
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not used
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estáfenlo, estáfenla
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estáfennos
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not used
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estáfenlos, estáfenlas, estáfense
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Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Steven N. Dworkin (2012) A History of the Spanish Lexicon, Oxford: OUP, →ISBN, page 154
Further reading