protagonista
Spanish, noun/pɾotaɡoˈnista/
protagonista is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “protagonist, star” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does protagonista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineprotagonist, star
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice del personaje principal de una obra a quien le suceden los hechos y hace las acciones.
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 protagonista
- protagonistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protagonista?
- /pɾotaɡoˈnista/
- [pɾo.t̪a.ɣ̞oˈnis.t̪a]
- [pɾot̪aɣ̞oˈnist̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to protagonista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protagonista in Spanish?
protagonista appears 21 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).