trapacería

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /tɾapaθeˈɾia/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /tɾapaseˈɾia/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: tra‧pa‧ce‧rí‧a

Noun

trapacería f (plural trapacerías)

  1. swindling, conning, defrauding
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 47:
      Se le presenta como un personaje que no progresa, y que tiene, sin embargo, la vanidad de creer que puede alucinar a la gente de hoy, con las mismas trapacerías con que se burló de nuestros abuelos.
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