esquerdista
Portuguese, noun/is.keʁˈd͡ʒis.tɐ/
esquerdista is spelled E-S-Q-U-E-R-D-I-S-T-A (11 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,535th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esquerdista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “left-winger, leftist (a person who belongs to the political left; a member of the left wing of a party or group)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo cujo perfil político é de esquerda”.
What does esquerdista mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineleft, left-wing, leftist (pertaining to the political left)
noun
- 1
femininemasculineleft-winger, leftist (a person who belongs to the political left; a member of the left wing of a party or group)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é de esquerda
noun: 1. indivíduo cujo perfil político é de esquerda 2. político ou militante de esquerda
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 esquerdista
- esquerdistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esquerdista?
- Brazil /is.keʁˈd͡ʒis.tɐ/
- Brazil [is.keɦˈd͡ʒis.tɐ]
- Brazil /es.keʁˈd͡ʒis.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 esquerdista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esquerdista in Portuguese?
esquerdista appears 2.7 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).