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Galician
Etymology
Calque of Spanish petardista, with base in pufo (“fraud”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pufista m (plural pufistas)
- scammer
1884, O tío Marcos da Portela, II, 31:pido con xusticia qu'o señor Gobernador pubrique unha real orde impoñendo castigos ós pufistas, pois señores, os xastres estamos cheos de pufos hastr'a cabeza- I ask with justice that the Governor publish a royal decree imposing a punishment on the scammers, because, gentlemen, we the tailors are covered with unpaid debts till our heads
Related terms
References
- “pufista” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pufista” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.