scafista
Italian
Etymology
From scafo (“hull”) + -ista.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skaˈfi.sta/
- Rhymes: -ista
- Hyphenation: sca‧fì‧sta
Noun
scafista m or f by sense (masculine plural scafisti, feminine plural scafiste)
- a person who maintains and repairs the hulls of ships or aircraft
- a person who smuggles cigarettes using fast motorboats
- a people trafficker who uses fast boats
Further reading
- scafista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- fascista, scafasti