vanguardista
Portuguese, noun/vɐ̃.ɡwaʁˈd͡ʒis.tɐ/
vanguardista is spelled V-A-N-G-U-A-R-D-I-S-T-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,784th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vanguardista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a soldier in the vanguard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que pertence à vanguarda literária, artística, ideológica etc”.
What does vanguardista mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineavant-garde (innovative or pioneering in art)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea soldier in the vanguard
- 2
femininemasculinea member of the avant-garde
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que pertence à vanguarda literária, artística, ideológica etc. 2. que é militante de determinado movimento inovador e avançado 3. que defende o vanguardismo
noun: 1. aquele que pertence à vanguarda literária, artística, ideológica etc. 2. aquele que é militante de determinado movimento inovador e avançado 3. aquele que defende o vanguardismo
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 vanguardista
- vanguardistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vanguardista?
- Brazil /vɐ̃.ɡwaʁˈd͡ʒis.tɐ/
- Brazil [vɐ̃.ɡwaɦˈd͡ʒis.tɐ]
- /vɐ̃.ɡwaɾˈd͡ʒis.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vanguardista in Portuguese?
vanguardista appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).