cientista
Spanish, noun/θjenˈtista/
cientista is spelled C-I-E-N-T-I-S-T-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 112,257th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cientista is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “scientist (of certain types of science)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cientista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinescientist (of certain types of science)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Persona que ha estudiado alguna ciencia pero que no ejerce su profesión en un laboratorio debido a que su campo de estudio no le permite delimitar fácilmente su área de trabajo.
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 cientista
- cientistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cientista?
- /θjenˈtista/
- [θjẽn̪ˈt̪is.t̪a]
- /sjenˈtista/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cientista in Spanish?
cientista appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).