sofista
Portuguese, noun/soˈfis.tɐ/
sofista is spelled S-O-F-I-S-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 92,647th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sofista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sophist (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que usa sofismas em seus argumentos”.
What does sofista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinesophist (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que usa sofismas em seus argumentos 2. um professor pago de retórica, filosofia e política na Grécia antiga, nos períodos clássico e helenístico
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 sofista
- sofistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sofista?
- Brazil /soˈfis.tɐ/
- /soˈfiʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /suˈfiʃ.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 sofista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sofista in Portuguese?
sofista 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).