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Spanish
Etymology
From pitufo (“smurf”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pituˈfeo/
- Rhymes: -eo
- Syllabification: pi‧tu‧fe‧o
Noun
pitufeo m (plural pitufeos)
- (finance) smurfing (the practice of making financial transactions in a specific pattern to avoid scrutiny)
2017 September 8, “La Guardia Civil acusa a tres cargos del PP de ser el nexo entre la trama Púnica y el ‘caso Taula’”, in El País:En concreto, la existencia de una práctica de pagos irregulares al grupo municipal que generaban dinero negro y que luego fue supuestamente lavado mediante el llamado procedimiento del pitufeo, por el que concejales y otros miembros del grupo Popular del consistorio ingresaron 1.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)