autista
Portuguese, noun/awˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
autista is spelled A-U-T-I-S-T-A (7 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,237th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “autistic (person with autism)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa com autismo”.
What does autista mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineautistic (pertaining to, or having autism)
noun
- 1
femininemasculineautistic (person with autism)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao autismo
noun: 1. pessoa com autismo
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 autista
- autistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autista?
- 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.
English words that translate to autista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is autista in Portuguese?
autista appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).