- swindle
- 'swindl
1. verb(to cheat: That shopkeeper has swindled me!; He swindled me out of $4.) estafar, timar
2. noun(an act or example of swindling; a fraud: an insurance swindle; Our new car's a swindle - it's falling to pieces.) estafa, timo- swindlerswindle1 n timoswindle2 vb timarswindletr['swɪndəl]noun1 (fiddle) estafa; (con) timotransitive verb1 estafar, timar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto swindle somebody out of something estafar algo a alguienswindle ['swɪndəl] vt, -dled ; -dling : estafar, timarswindle n: estafa f, timo m famswindlen.• estafa s.f.• petardo s.m.• roncha s.f.• socaliña s.f.• timo s.m.• trapacería s.f.• trapaza s.f.v.• bellaquear v.• birlar v.• carmenar v.• engaitar v.• esquilmar v.• estafar v.• lepar v.• petardear v.• socaliñar v.• timar v.• trampear v.• trapacear v.• truhanear v.
I 'swɪndḷnoun estafa f, timo m (fam)
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transitive verb estafar, timarI've been swindled — me han estafado or timado
['swɪndl]to swindle somebody OUT OF something: they swindled her out of her savings — la estafaron y le quitaron sus ahorros
1.N estafa f , timo mit's a swindle! — ¡nos han estafado or timado!
2.VT estafar, timarto swindle sb out of sth — estafar algo a algn, quitar algo a algn estafándolo
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I ['swɪndḷ]noun estafa f, timo m (fam)
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transitive verb estafar, timarI've been swindled — me han estafado or timado
to swindle somebody OUT OF something: they swindled her out of her savings — la estafaron y le quitaron sus ahorros
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
