dentista
Portuguese, noun/dẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
dentista is spelled D-E-N-T-I-S-T-A (8 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dentista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dentist (specialized medical doctor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “médico odontologista; profissional que se ocupa das doenças e deficiências dentárias, à profilaxia e ao…”.
What does dentista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinedentist (specialized medical doctor)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. médico odontologista; profissional que se ocupa das doenças e deficiências dentárias, à profilaxia e ao tratamento dos dentes 2. local onde trabalha esse profissional
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 dentista
- dentistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dentista?
- Brazil /dẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
- /dẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /dẽˈtiʃ.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 dentista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dentista in Portuguese?
dentista appears 10 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).