testaferro

/testaˈfero/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los testaferros

Meaning

  1. front man

    • Era un testaferro.

      He was a front man.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: person. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: animate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Strohmann

Strohmann is the German word for the same thing — both mean "front man."

Portuguese

testa-de-ferro

testa-de-ferro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "front man."

Practice

1 What does testaferro mean?

2 Fill the gap: Era un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches testaferro?

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