"testaferro" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /testaˈfero/, [t̪es.t̪aˈfe.ro] Forms: testaferros [plural]
Rhymes: -ero Etymology: Pseudo-Italianism, built with Italian phrase testa di ferro (“iron head”). Etymology templates: {{pseudo-loan|es|it}} Pseudo-Italianism, {{der|es|it|-}} Italian Head templates: {{es-noun|mfbysense}} testaferro m or f by sense (plural testaferros)
  1. front man, straw man, figurehead Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Synonyms: hombre de paja, mujer de paja

Inflected forms

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