antagonista
Spanish, noun/antaɡoˈnista/
antagonista is spelled A-N-T-A-G-O-N-I-S-T-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,389th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Antagonista is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “antagonist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona o cosa que está opuesta a otra o que es contraria a otra”.
What does antagonista mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineantagonistic
noun
- 1
femininemasculineantagonist
- 2
femininemasculineantagonist
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que se opone a algo, que lucha contra ello o antagoniza. 2. Se dice de un diente, hueso, músculo o cualquier otra parte anatómica estructuralmente opuesta a otra llamada agonista. 3. Se dice de la sustancia que tiene efectos contrarios o que bloquea a los agonistas.
noun: 1. Persona o cosa que está opuesta a otra o que es contraria a otra. 2. Personaje en una historia o en un obra literaria que lucha en contra del protagonista.
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 antagonista
- antagonistas feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce antagonista?
- /antaɡoˈnista/
- [ãn̪.t̪a.ɣ̞oˈnis.t̪a]
- [ãn̪t̪aɣ̞oˈnist̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to antagonista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is antagonista in Spanish?
antagonista appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).