legista
Spanish, noun/leˈxista/
legista is spelled L-E-G-I-S-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 89,640th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Legista is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “one skilled in law” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Letrado o profesor de leyes o de jurisprudencia”.
What does legista mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineskilled in law; legist
noun
- 1
femininemasculineone skilled in law
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Letrado o profesor de leyes o de jurisprudencia. 2. Persona que estudia jurisprudencia o leyes.
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 legista
- legistas feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce legista?
- /leˈxista/
- [leˈxis.t̪a]
- [leˈxist̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is legista in Spanish?
legista appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).