legalista
Spanish, noun/leɡaˈlista/
legalista is spelled L-E-G-A-L-I-S-T-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 87,581st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Legalista is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “legalist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que se atiene estrictamente a lo que dice la ley”.
What does legalista 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. Que se atiene estrictamente a lo que dice la ley.
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 legalista
- legalistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce legalista?
- /leɡaˈlista/
- [le.ɣ̞aˈlis.t̪a]
- [leɣ̞aˈlist̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to legalista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is legalista in Spanish?
legalista appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).