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violista

Portuguese, noun/vi.oˈlis.tɐ/

violista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “violist (person who plays the viola)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que toca viola”.

What does violista mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineviolist (person who plays the viola)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. pessoa que toca viola

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 violista

  • violistas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce violista?

  • Brazil /vi.oˈlis.tɐ/
  • Brazil /vjoˈlis.tɐ/
  • /vi.oˈliʃ.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 violista

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is violista in Portuguese?

violista appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).