balista
Portuguese, noun/baˈlis.tɐ/
balista is spelled B-A-L-I-S-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 164,273rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ballista (siege engine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe cujo nome científico é Acanthurus monroviae”.
What does balista mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineballista (siege engine)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. engenho utilizado na guerra, desde a Antiguidade, para arremessar objetos; besta 2. peixe cujo nome científico é Acanthurus monroviae
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 balista
- balistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balista?
- Brazil /baˈlis.tɐ/
- /baˈliʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /bɐˈliʃ.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 balista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is balista in Portuguese?
balista appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).