africanista
Spanish, noun/afɾikaˈnista/
africanista is spelled A-F-R-I-C-A-N-I-S-T-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 123,873rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Africanista is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Africanist (a specialist in African studies)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does africanista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineAfricanist (a specialist in African studies)
- 2
femininemasculineA person with a Eurocentric vision or colonizing ambition over Africa, its territories, and populations.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que practica o se dedica al estudio de lo africano. 2. Que apoya o participa de la solidaridad e identificación con lo africano. 3. Que tiene visión eurocéntrica o ambición colonizadora sobre África, sus territorios y poblaciones. 4. Que incluye influencia de lo africano o lo afrodescendiente.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of africanista
- africanistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce africanista?
- /afɾikaˈnista/
- [a.fɾi.kaˈnis.t̪a]
- [afɾikaˈnist̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is africanista in Spanish?
africanista appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).