pugilista
Portuguese, noun/pu.ʒiˈlis.tɐ/
pugilista is spelled P-U-G-I-L-I-S-T-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,921st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pugilista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pugilist, boxer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que briga servindo-se dos punhos ou dando murros”.
What does pugilista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepugilist, boxer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que briga servindo-se dos punhos ou dando murros
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 pugilista
- pugilistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pugilista?
- Brazil /pu.ʒiˈlis.tɐ/
- /pu.ʒiˈliʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /pu.ʒiˈliʃ.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 pugilista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pugilista in Portuguese?
pugilista appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).