novelista
Portuguese, noun/no.veˈlis.tɐ/
novelista is spelled N-O-V-E-L-I-S-T-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,243rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Novelista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “novelist (author of novels)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “romancista”.
What does novelista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinenovelist (author of novels)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. romancista 2. autor de novela para rádio e televisão
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 novelista
- novelistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce novelista?
- Brazil /no.veˈlis.tɐ/
- /no.veˈliʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /nu.vɨˈliʃ.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 novelista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is novelista in Portuguese?
novelista 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).