nortista
Portuguese, noun/noʁˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
nortista is spelled N-O-R-T-I-S-T-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nortista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “northerner (native or inhabitant of the north)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “natural de região conhecida por norte”.
What does nortista mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculinenorthern (of, from, or relating to the north)
- 2
femininemasculineNorthern (of, from or relating to the North Region, Brazil)
- 3
femininemasculineNorthern (native or inhabitant of the northern United States during the Civil War)
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculinenortherner (native or inhabitant of the north)
- 2
femininemasculineNortherner (native or inhabitant of the North Region, Brazil)
- 3
femininemasculineNortherner (native or inhabitant of the northern United States during the Civil War)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. de qualquer região conhecida por norte ou relativo a ela 2. da Região Norte do Brasil ou relativo a ela
noun: 1. natural de região conhecida por norte 2. natural da Região Norte do Brasil
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 nortista
- nortistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nortista?
- Brazil /noʁˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
- Brazil [nohˈt͡ʃis.tɐ]
- /noɾˈt͡ʃis.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 nortista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nortista in Portuguese?
nortista appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).