purista
Portuguese, noun/puˈɾis.tɐ/
purista is spelled P-U-R-I-S-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 79,437th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Purista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “purist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo exageradamente preocupado com a conservação da pureza de um idioma”.
What does purista mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepurist
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepurist
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao purismo
noun: 1. indivíduo exageradamente preocupado com a conservação da pureza de um idioma 2. que ou o que rejeita sistematicamente qualquer possibilidade ou proposta de alteração em uma doutrina
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 purista
- puristas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce purista?
- Brazil /puˈɾis.tɐ/
- /puˈɾiʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /puˈɾiʃ.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 purista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is purista in Portuguese?
purista appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).