a trage (cuiva) o țeapă
to rip someone off, to scam
Intermediate Phrase
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Pronunciation
/a ˈtra.ɡe o ˈtsa.pə/
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Cultural Note
Țeapă literally means 'stake' or 'spike,' infamously associated with Vlad Țepeș (Vlad the Impaler). In modern slang, 'a trage o țeapă' means to scam or rip someone off. The dark historical reference has been fully domesticated into everyday language about petty fraud and bad deals.
📝 Example Sentences
Mi-a tras o țeapă cu mașina aia.
He ripped me off with that car.
Ai grijă să nu-ți tragă o țeapă.
Be careful not to get scammed.
I-au tras o țeapă de 500 de lei.
They scammed him out of 500 lei.