telefonista
Portuguese, noun/te.le.foˈnis.tɐ/
telefonista is spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N-I-S-T-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Telefonista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “telephone operator, telephonist (person who operates a telephone switchboard)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele cujo ofício é dar, receber e retransmitir telefonemas”.
What does telefonista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinetelephone operator, telephonist (person who operates a telephone switchboard)
- 2
femininemasculinetelephone operator, telephonist (person who provides information or takes messages via the telephone)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele cujo ofício é dar, receber e retransmitir telefonemas 2. profissional, geralmente empregado de companhia telefônica ou de posto telefônico, cuja função é receber, fazer ou repassar ligações telefônicas
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 telefonista
- telefonistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce telefonista?
- Brazil /te.le.foˈnis.tɐ/
- /te.le.foˈniʃ.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 telefonista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is telefonista in Portuguese?
telefonista appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).