pufista
Galician
Etymology
Calque of Spanish petardista, with base in pufo (“fraud”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [puˈfistɐ]
Noun
pufista m (plural pufistas)
- scammer
- 1884, in 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
- 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
- 1884, in O tío Marcos da Portela, II, 31:
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