assistencialista
Portuguese, noun/a.sis.tẽ.si.aˈlis.tɐ/
assistencialista is spelled A-S-S-I-S-T-E-N-C-I-A-L-I-S-T-A (16 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 97,539th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assistencialista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “advocate of state welfare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “seguidor do assistencialismo”.
What does assistencialista mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineof or reltaing to state welfare
noun
- 1
femininemasculineadvocate of state welfare
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao assistencialismo
noun: 1. seguidor do assistencialismo
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 assistencialista
- assistencialistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce assistencialista?
- Brazil /a.sis.tẽ.si.aˈlis.tɐ/
- Brazil /a.sis.tẽ.sjaˈlis.tɐ/
- /a.siʃ.tẽ.si.aˈliʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is assistencialista in Portuguese?
assistencialista appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).