estafeta

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian staffetta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əs.təˈfɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əs.təˈfə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [es.taˈfe.ta]

Noun

estafeta f (plural estafetes)

1. courier

Further reading

• “estafeta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian эстафета (estafeta), from French estafette (“relay race”).

Noun

estafeta

1. relay race

Declension

Declension of estafeta

	singular	plural
nominative	estafeta	estafetalar
genitive	estafetanıñ	estafetalarnıñ
dative	estafetağa	estafetalarğa
accusative	estafetanı	estafetalarnı
locative	estafetada	estafetalarda
ablative	estafetadan	estafetalardan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “estafeta”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian staffetta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.taˈfe.tɐ/, /es.taˈfe.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.taˈfe.tɐ/, /es.taˈfe.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.taˈfe.tɐ/, /eʃ.taˈfe.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.taˈfe.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɐˈfe.tɐ/

Noun

estafeta m or f by sense (plural estafetas)

1. courier (person who delivers messages)

   Synonym: mensageiro

2. (Portugal, sports) relay, relay race

Further reading

• “estafeta” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “estafeta” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian staffetta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estaˈfeta/ [es.t̪aˈfe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: es‧ta‧fe‧ta

Noun

estafeta m or f by sense (plural estafetas)

1. (Latin America) courier

Related terms

• estafar

 

Further reading

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