pitufeo
Spanish, noun/pituˈfeo/
pitufeo is spelled P-I-T-U-F-E-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written Spanish, the 271,310th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pitufeo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “smurfing (the practice of making financial transactions in a specific pattern to avoid scrutiny)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pitufeo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmurfing (the practice of making financial transactions in a specific pattern to avoid scrutiny)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of pitufeo
- pitufeos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pitufeo?
- /pituˈfeo/
- [pi.t̪uˈfe.o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pitufeo in Spanish?
pitufeo appears about once in every 60 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).