exegeta
Portuguese, noun/e.zeˈʒe.tɐ/
exegeta is spelled E-X-E-G-E-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 128,503rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exegeta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “exegete, exegetist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of exegetar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que faz exegese; intérprete (de textos diversos, obra de arte, etc)”.
What does exegeta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineexegete, exegetist
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que faz exegese; intérprete (de textos diversos, obra de arte, etc)
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 exegeta
- exegetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exegeta?
- Brazil /e.zeˈʒe.tɐ/
- Brazil /e.zeˈʒɛ.tɐ/
- Portugal /i.zɨˈʒe.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 exegeta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exegeta in Portuguese?
exegeta appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).