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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Old French truand, from a Gaulish *trūgantos. First attested in Berceo in the 13th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
trufán
- a rascal, scoundrel
ca. 1250, Berceo,
Los Milagros de Nuestra Señora :
- Era el trufán falsso pleno de malos vicios, savié encantamientos e muchos maleficios
- The rascal was false, full of terrible vices, / he knew enchantments and many hexes
- a loafer, lazy person
- a jokester, wit
- a buffoon, jester
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