cajista
Spanish, noun/kaˈxista/
cajista is spelled C-A-J-I-S-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 150,504th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cajista is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “typesetter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Oficial de imprenta que, juntando y ordenando las letras, compone lo que se ha de imprimir”.
What does cajista mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Oficial de imprenta que, juntando y ordenando las letras, compone lo que se ha de imprimir. 2. Músico que toca la caja.
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 cajista
- cajistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cajista?
- /kaˈxista/
- [kaˈxis.t̪a]
- [kaˈxist̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cajista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cajista in Spanish?
cajista appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).