esportista
Portuguese, noun/is.poʁˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
esportista is spelled E-S-P-O-R-T-I-S-T-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esportista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sportsperson; athlete” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que ou quem pratica esporte ou se interessa por ele”.
What does esportista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinesportsperson; athlete
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinesporting; sportsmanlike
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. que ou quem pratica esporte ou se interessa por ele
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 esportista
- esportistas plural
- desportista
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esportista?
- Brazil /is.poʁˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
- Brazil [is.pohˈt͡ʃis.tɐ]
- Brazil /es.poʁˈt͡ʃis.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 esportista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esportista in Portuguese?
esportista appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).