conferencista

Portuguese

Etymology

From conferência +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.fe.ɾẽˈsis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.fe.ɾẽˈsis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.fe.ɾẽˈsiʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.fe.ɾẽˈsis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fɨ.ɾẽˈsiʃ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -istɐ, -iʃtɐ
• Hyphenation: con‧fe‧ren‧cis‧ta

Noun

conferencista m or f by sense (plural conferencistas)

1. public speaker (person who speaks in public or gives lectures)

Further reading

• “conferencista”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “conferencista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From conferenciar +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /konfeɾenˈθista/ [kõɱ.fe.ɾẽn̟ˈθis.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /konfeɾenˈsista/ [kõɱ.fe.ɾẽnˈsis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: con‧fe‧ren‧cis‧ta

Noun

conferencista m or f by sense (plural conferencistas)

1. (Latin America) lecturer

Further reading

• “conferencista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10