pessimista
Portuguese, noun/pe.siˈmis.tɐ/
pessimista is spelled P-E-S-S-I-M-I-S-T-A (10 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,458th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pessimista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pessimist (someone who habitually expects the worst)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pessimista mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepessimistic (always expecting the worst)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepessimist (someone who habitually expects the worst)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao pessimismo ou aos pessimistas 2. partidário do pessimismo
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 pessimista
- pessimistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pessimista?
- Brazil /pe.siˈmis.tɐ/
- /pe.siˈmiʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /pɨ.siˈmiʃ.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 pessimista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pessimista in Portuguese?
pessimista appears 3.0 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).