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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stelliōnātus (“cozenage, trickery”), from stelliō (“newt; crafty, knavish person”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.te.li.oˈna.tu/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.te.ljoˈna.tu/, /es.te.li.oˈna.tu/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.te.ljoˈna.tu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.te.li.oˈna.tu/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.te.ljoˈna.tu/, /es.te.li.oˈna.tu/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.te.ljoˈna.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.te.li.oˈna.tu/ , (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.te.ljoˈna.tu/, /eʃ.te.li.oˈna.tu/ , (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.te.ljoˈna.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.te.li.oˈna.to/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.te.ljoˈna.to/
- Hyphenation: es‧te‧li‧o‧na‧to
Noun
estelionato m (plural estelionatos)
- confidence trick
- stellionate, embezzlement
Spanish
Noun
estelionato m (plural estelionatos)
- stellionate, fraud in selling
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