French

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Verb

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truffa

  1. third-person singular past historic of truffer

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtruf.fa/
  • Rhymes: -uffa
  • Hyphenation: trùf‧fa

Etymology 1

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From Old French trufe, Old Occitan trufa. Compare for more Italian tartufo.

Noun

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truffa f (plural truffe)

  1. fraud, swindle, scam
    commettere una truffacommit a fraud
    • 1975, “Le storie di ieri”, in Rimmel, performed by Francesco De Gregori:
      Mussolini ha scritto anche poesie / I poeti che brutte creature / Ogni volta che parlano è una truffa
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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truffa

  1. inflection of truffare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative