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1 estafar
v.to swindle.estafó cien millones a la empresa he defrauded the company of a hundred millionEl pillo defraudó a la tienda The thief defrauded the store.* * *1 to swindle, trick, cheat, defraud\me han estafado familiar I've been done, I've been had* * *verb* * *VT to swindle, defraud, twist *estafar algo a algn — to swindle sb out of sth, defraud sb of sth
¡me han estafado! — I've been done! *
* * *verbo transitivoa) (Der) to swindle, defraudestafarle algo a alguien — to defraud somebody of something, swindle somebody out of something
b) (fam) ( timar) to rip... off (colloq), to con (colloq)qué manera de estafar a la gente! — what a con o rip-off! (colloq)
* * *= cheat (on), defraud, rip off, swindle, shortchange, bilk, humbug, con, hoax.Ex. Students who cheat on literature searching, for instance, will not get the full benefit of the course.Ex. The librarian wishes to maximise access to information while not defrauding authors and publishers.Ex. Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.Ex. It is evident that the candidates for everlasting youth will be eternally swindled.Ex. Banning's decision to hold up Madison and Jefferson as models without discussing in some depth the practical ways in which they politicked shortchanges the reader.Ex. With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.Ex. More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.Ex. A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.Ex. He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.* * *verbo transitivoa) (Der) to swindle, defraudestafarle algo a alguien — to defraud somebody of something, swindle somebody out of something
b) (fam) ( timar) to rip... off (colloq), to con (colloq)qué manera de estafar a la gente! — what a con o rip-off! (colloq)
* * *= cheat (on), defraud, rip off, swindle, shortchange, bilk, humbug, con, hoax.Ex: Students who cheat on literature searching, for instance, will not get the full benefit of the course.
Ex: The librarian wishes to maximise access to information while not defrauding authors and publishers.Ex: Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.Ex: It is evident that the candidates for everlasting youth will be eternally swindled.Ex: Banning's decision to hold up Madison and Jefferson as models without discussing in some depth the practical ways in which they politicked shortchanges the reader.Ex: With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.Ex: More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.Ex: A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.Ex: He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.* * *estafar [A1 ]vt1 ( Der) to swindle, defraud estafarle algo A algn to defraud sb OF sth, swindle sb OUT OF sthle estafó a la empresa varios millones de pesos he defrauded the company of several million pesos, he swindled the company out of several million pesos¡qué manera de estafar a la gente! what a con o rip-off! ( colloq)* * *
estafar ( conjugate estafar) verbo transitivo
estafarle algo a algn to defraud sb of sth, swindle sb out of sth
estafar verbo transitivo to swindle, cheat, trick: estafaron a un pensionista y le dejaron sin sus ahorros, they swindled the pensioner out of his entire savings
' estafar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
defraudar
- timar
- engañar
- robar
English:
chisel
- con
- defraud
- diddle
- fiddle
- rook
- swindle
- trick
- cheat
- rip
* * *estafar vt1. [timar, robar] to swindle;[a empresa, organización] to defraud;estafó millones a la empresa he defrauded the company of millions¿10.000 por esta camisa? a ti te han estafado 10,000 for that shirt? you've been ripped off o had* * *v/t swindle, cheat;estafar algo a alguien cheat s.o. out of sth, defraud s.o. of sth* * *estafar vtdefraudar: to swindle, to defraud* * *estafar vb to swindle
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