transformista
Portuguese, noun/tɾɐ̃s.foʁˈmis.tɐ/
transformista is spelled T-R-A-N-S-F-O-R-M-I-S-T-A (13 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 96,549th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transformista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cross-dresser; drag queen; transvestite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ator que utiliza trajes do gênero oposto”.
What does transformista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinecross-dresser; drag queen; transvestite
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao transformismo
noun: 1. ator que utiliza trajes do gênero oposto 2. travesti
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 transformista
- transformistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce transformista?
- Brazil /tɾɐ̃s.foʁˈmis.tɐ/
- Brazil [tɾɐ̃s.foɦˈmis.tɐ]
- /tɾɐ̃s.foɾˈmis.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is transformista in Portuguese?
transformista appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).