contorcionista
Portuguese, noun/kõ.toʁ.si.oˈnis.tɐ/
contorcionista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “contortionist (acrobat who twists their body)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “artista ou ginasta que se apresenta realizando contorções”.
What does contorcionista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinecontortionist (acrobat who twists their body)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. artista ou ginasta que se apresenta realizando contorções
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 contorcionista
- contorcionistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contorcionista?
- Brazil /kõ.toʁ.si.oˈnis.tɐ/
- Brazil [kõ.toh.si.oˈnis.tɐ]
- Brazil /kõ.toʁ.sjoˈnis.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 contorcionista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contorcionista in Portuguese?
contorcionista appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).