baptista
Portuguese, noun
baptista is spelled B-A-P-T-I-S-T-A (8 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,457th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baptista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of batista; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does baptista mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of batista; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of batista; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of baptista
- baptistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to baptista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is baptista in Portuguese?
baptista appears 4.4 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).