vigarista
Portuguese, noun/vi.ɡaˈɾis.tɐ/
vigarista is spelled V-I-G-A-R-I-S-T-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,608th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vigarista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “swindler; conman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa desonesta, que engana os outros; pilantra”.
What does vigarista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineswindler; conman
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa desonesta, que engana os outros; pilantra
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 vigarista
- vigaristas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vigarista?
- Brazil /vi.ɡaˈɾis.tɐ/
- /vi.ɡaˈɾiʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /vi.ɡɐˈɾiʃ.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 vigarista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vigarista in Portuguese?
vigarista appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).