vaticanista
Portuguese, noun/va.t͡ʃi.kaˈnis.tɐ/
vaticanista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Vaticanist (a supporter of the supremacy of the Pope)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does vaticanista mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineVaticanist (promoting the supremacy of the Pope)
noun
- 1
femininemasculineVaticanist (a supporter of the supremacy of the Pope)
- 2
femininemasculineSomeone who specializes in Vatican affairs.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of vaticanista
- vaticanistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vaticanista?
- Brazil /va.t͡ʃi.kaˈnis.tɐ/
- /va.t͡ʃi.kaˈniʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /vɐ.ti.kɐˈniʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vaticanista in Portuguese?
vaticanista appears about once in every 81 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).