balconista
Portuguese, noun/baw.koˈnis.tɐ/
balconista is spelled B-A-L-C-O-N-I-S-T-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balconista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “one who serves customers from a counter of a commercial establishment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que atende os fregueses nos estabelecimentos comerciais, com ou sem balcão; vendedor, caixeiro”.
What does balconista mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculineone who serves customers from a counter of a commercial establishment
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que atende os fregueses nos estabelecimentos comerciais, com ou sem balcão; vendedor, caixeiro
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 balconista
- balconistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balconista?
- Brazil /baw.koˈnis.tɐ/
- Brazil [baʊ̯.koˈnis.tɐ]
- /baw.koˈniʃ.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 balconista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is balconista in Portuguese?
balconista appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).