belicista
Portuguese, noun/be.liˈsis.tɐ/
belicista is spelled B-E-L-I-C-I-S-T-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 113,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Belicista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bellicist; warmonger (one who advocates war)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “alguém que é a favor da guerra, e/ou a promove”.
What does belicista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinebellicist; warmonger (one who advocates war)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineof bellicism; advocating war
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é a favor da guerra, e/ou a promove
noun: 1. alguém que é a favor da guerra, e/ou a promove
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 belicista
- belicistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce belicista?
- Brazil /be.liˈsis.tɐ/
- /be.liˈsiʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /bɨ.liˈsiʃ.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 belicista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is belicista in Portuguese?
belicista appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).