quinhentista
Portuguese, adjective/kĩ.ɲẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
quinhentista is spelled Q-U-I-N-H-E-N-T-I-S-T-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 90,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quinhentista is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “16th century” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diz-se do estilo ou da escola literária do século que principiou em 1500 (chamado de quinhentismo)”.
What does quinhentista mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculine16th century
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se do estilo ou da escola literária do século que principiou em 1500 (chamado de quinhentismo)
noun: 1. escritor do século que principiou em 1500
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 quinhentista
- quinhentistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quinhentista?
- Brazil /kĩ.ɲẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
- Brazil [kĩ.j̃ẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ]
- /kĩ.ɲẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quinhentista in Portuguese?
quinhentista appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).