africanista
Portuguese, noun/a.fɾi.kaˈnis.tɐ/
africanista is spelled A-F-R-I-C-A-N-I-S-T-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written Portuguese, the 215,563rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Africanista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Africanist (a specialist in African studies)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does africanista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineAfricanist (a specialist in African studies)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of africanista
- africanistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce africanista?
- Brazil /a.fɾi.kaˈnis.tɐ/
- /a.fɾi.kaˈniʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.fɾi.kɐˈniʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to africanista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is africanista in Portuguese?
africanista appears about once in every 60 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).