sofista
Spanish, noun/soˈfista/
sofista is spelled S-O-F-I-S-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 94,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sofista is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sophist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona perteneciente a un grupo de maestros de retórica, propio de la Atenas democrática del siglo V y IV a.…”.
What does sofista mean in English?
noun
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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. Persona perteneciente a un grupo de maestros de retórica, propio de la Atenas democrática del siglo V y IV a. C. Caracterizados por el relativismo, la naturaleza, creación de leyes, la moralidad, conocimiento del lenguaje, la concepción gnoseológica constructivista y el escepticismo respecto al valor absoluto del conocimiento.
adjective: 1. Perteneciente o relativo a la sofística. 2. Que emplea sofismas en su discurso.
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 sofista
- sofistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sofista?
- /soˈfista/
- [soˈfis.t̪a]
- [soˈfist̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sofista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sofista in Spanish?
sofista 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).