pufista

Calque of Spanish petardista, with base in pufo (“fraud”).

• IPA^(key): [puˈfistɐ]

pufista m (plural pufistas)

1. scammer
   • 1884, O tío Marcos da Portela, II, 31:

     pido con xusticia qu'o señor Gobernador pubrique unha real orde impoñendo castigos ós pufistas, pois señores, os xastres estamos cheos de pufos hastr'a cabeza

     I ask with justice that the Governor publish a royal decree imposing a punishment on the scammers, because, gentlemen, we the tailors are covered with unpaid debts till our heads

• pufo

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pufista”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pufista”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega