desportista
Portuguese, noun/des.poʁˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
desportista is spelled D-E-S-P-O-R-T-I-S-T-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desportista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sportsperson; athlete” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que se interessa por desportos, que os pratica”.
What does desportista mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalfemininemasculinesportsperson; athlete
adjective
- 1
Portugalfemininemasculinesporting; sportsmanlike
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que se interessa por desportos, que os pratica
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 desportista
- desportistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desportista?
- Brazil /des.poʁˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
- Brazil [des.pohˈt͡ʃis.tɐ]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.poʁˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desportista in Portuguese?
desportista appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).