altista
Portuguese, noun/awˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
altista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “altoist (someone who plays an alto instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que joga na alta do câmbio, ou que eleva o preço das mercadorias”.
What does altista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinealtoist (someone who plays an alto instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à alta de preços
noun: 1. pessoa que joga na alta do câmbio, ou que eleva o preço das mercadorias
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of altista
- altistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altista?
- Brazil /awˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈt͡ʃis.tɐ]
- /awˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is altista in Portuguese?
altista appears about once in every 38 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).