estafa
Spanish, noun
estafa is spelled E-S-T-A-F-A (6 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,230th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estafa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “scam, fraud, racket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of estafar. With an accent, estafá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of estafar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Robo estructurado utilizando la buena fe de la gente a la que se le roba”.
What does estafa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescam, fraud, racket
- 2
colloquialfemininerip-off
noun
- 1
femininestirrup
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of estafar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Robo estructurado utilizando la buena fe de la gente a la que se le roba. 2. Engaño o treta para apoderarse de los bienes ajenos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of estafa
- estafas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to estafa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estafa in Spanish?
estafa appears 8.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).