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matufia

Spanish, noun[maˈt̪ufja]

matufia is spelled M-A-T-U-F-I-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written Spanish, the 301,588th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matufia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “dirty work” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Engaño hecho con el fin de obtener beneficios a expensas de quien fue engañado”.

What does matufia mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialfemininedirty work

  2. 2

    colloquialfeminineruse, trick, plot

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Engaño hecho con el fin de obtener beneficios a expensas de quien fue engañado. 2. Negocio oscuro.

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 matufia

  • matufias plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce matufia?

  • [maˈt̪ufja]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is matufia in Spanish?

matufia appears about once in every 76 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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