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Spanish
Etymology
Pseudo-Italianism, built with Italian phrase testa di ferro (“iron head”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /testaˈfero/
- Rhymes: -ero
- Syllabification: tes‧ta‧fe‧rro
Noun
testaferro m or f by sense (plural testaferros)
- front man, straw man, figurehead
- Synonyms: hombre de paja, mujer de paja
2015 July 19, “La red Gürtel llegó a China para blanquear dinero”, in El País:Sólo un mes después de que el exalcalde de Boadilla ordenase las transferencias de dinero desde sus cuentas en China hasta un banco de Hong Kong para el pago a proveedores chinos, González Panero creó junto a un supuesto testaferro otra sociedad para la compraventa de bonos chinos emitidos en 1937 que no cotizan en mercados oficiales y supuestamente, según los investigadores, carecen de valor.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2018 July 23, “El show de Corinna”, in El País:Desconocía estar siendo grabada, según ella, cuando mantuvo en 2015 la conversación con el excomisario Villarejo en la que contó que el rey emérito Juan Carlos I la utilizaba como testaferro, mantenía una fortuna oculta y había cobrado supuestamente una comisión millonaria por la obra del AVE a La Meca.- According to her, she wasn't aware that she was being recorded in 2015 when she told former commissioner Villarejo that King emeritus Juan Carlos I. used her as figurehead, kept a hidden fortune and had allegedly charged a million-dollar commission for the work on the AVE to Mecca.
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