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estafeta.

delivery person

8 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/is.taˈfe.tɐ/Brazil/es.taˈfe.tɐ/Brazil/iʃ.taˈfe.tɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/eʃ.taˈfe.tɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. delivery person

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine

  2. delivery person courier (person who delivers messages)

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine

  3. relay, relay race

    Portugal · by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Lombardic staphobor. Italian staffa Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Italian -ettoder. Italian -etta Italian staffettabor. Portuguese estafeta Borrowed from Italian staffetta (“courier”).

verb/is.taˈfe.tɐ/Brazil/es.taˈfe.tɐ/Brazil/iʃ.taˈfe.tɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro/eʃ.taˈfe.tɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. inflection of estafetar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person

  2. inflection of estafetar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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