pufista

pufu +‎ -ista.

• IPA^(key): /puˈfista/ [puˈfis̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: pu‧fis‧ta

pufista m (plural pufistes)

1. (colloquial) someone who doesn't pay their debts, scammer

• “pufista”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “pufista”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Calque of Spanish petardista, with base in pufo (“fraud”).

• IPA^(key): [puˈfistɐ]

pufista m (plural pufistas)

1. scammer
   • 1884, O tío Marcos da Portela, II, 31:

     pido con xusticia qu'o señor Gobernador pubrique unha real orde impoñendo castigos ós pufistas, pois señores, os xastres estamos cheos de pufos hastr'a cabeza

     I ask with justice that the Governor publish a royal decree imposing a punishment on the scammers, because, gentlemen, we the tailors are covered with unpaid debts till our heads

• pufo

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pufista”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pufista”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega