protista
Portuguese, noun/pɾoˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
protista is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “protist (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “reino biológico que inclui seres muito simples, formados por poucas células, como os seres unicelulares…”.
What does protista mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprotist (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. reino biológico que inclui seres muito simples, formados por poucas células, como os seres unicelulares eucariontes, os protozoários, as algas unicelulares e pluricelulares e alguns fungos e bactérias; este reino pertence ao super reino Eukarya
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 protista
- protistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protista?
- Brazil /pɾoˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
- /pɾoˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /pɾɔˈtiʃ.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 protista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protista in Portuguese?
protista appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).