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anestesista

Portuguese, noun/a.nes.teˈzis.tɐ/

anestesista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “anesthesiologist; anesthetist (physician specializing in anesthesiology)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “comumente usado para denotar o médico anestesista”.

What does anestesista mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineanesthesiologist; anesthetist (physician specializing in anesthesiology)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. comumente usado para denotar o médico anestesista 2. especialidade médica com habilitação para anestesiar pacientes antes de uma cirurgia

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 anestesista

  • anestesistas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce anestesista?

  • Brazil /a.nes.teˈzis.tɐ/
  • /a.neʃ.teˈziʃ.tɐ/
  • Portugal /ɐ.nɨʃ.tɨˈziʃ.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 anestesista

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is anestesista in Portuguese?

anestesista appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).