seiscentista
Portuguese, adjective/sej.sẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
seiscentista is spelled S-E-I-S-C-E-N-T-I-S-T-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 110,210th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seiscentista is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “17th 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 1600 (chamado de seiscentismo)”.
What does seiscentista mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculine17th 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 1600 (chamado de seiscentismo)
noun: 1. escritor do século que principiou em 1600
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 seiscentista
- seiscentistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce seiscentista?
- Brazil /sej.sẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
- Brazil [seɪ̯.sẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ]
- /sej.sẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is seiscentista in Portuguese?
seiscentista appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).