estelionato

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Noun

estelionato m (plural estelionatos)

embezzlement

Related terms

estelionatário

Spanish

Noun

estelionato m (plural estelionatos)

stellionate, fraud in selling

Further reading

“estelionato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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