estelionato

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stelliōnātus (“cozenage, trickery”), from stelliō (“newt; crafty, knavish person”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.te.li.oˈna.tu/ [is.te.lɪ.oˈna.tu], (faster pronunciation) /is.te.ljoˈna.tu/, /es.te.li.oˈna.tu/ [es.te.lɪ.oˈna.tu], (faster pronunciation) /es.te.ljoˈna.tu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.te.li.oˈna.tu/ [iʃ.te.lɪ.oˈna.tu], (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.te.ljoˈna.tu/, /eʃ.te.li.oˈna.tu/ [eʃ.te.lɪ.oˈna.tu], (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.te.ljoˈna.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.te.li.oˈna.to/ [es.te.lɪ.oˈna.to], (faster pronunciation) /es.te.ljoˈna.to/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨ.ljuˈna.tu/

  • Hyphenation: es‧te‧li‧o‧na‧to

Noun

estelionato m (plural estelionatos)

  1. confidence trick
  2. stellionate, embezzlement

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin stelliōnātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esteljoˈnato/ [es.t̪e.ljoˈna.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: es‧te‧lio‧na‧to

Noun

estelionato m (plural estelionatos)

  1. stellionate, fraud in selling

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