trapaça

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish trapaza. Related to Old High German trappa, trapa (“trap, snare”).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾaˈpasɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐˈpasɐ/
  • Hyphenation: tra‧pa‧ça

Noun

trapaça f (plural trapaças)

  1. a cheating; a swindle.

Derived terms

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