independista

English

Noun

independista (plural independistas)

1. A member of the Puerto Rican independence movement.
   • 1991 August 17, Roanne Hindin, “FBI: Not A Fashion Statement”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 5, page 4:

     The FBI's COINTELPRO was directly responsible for murdering Black Panther Party leaders and other Black activists. FBI terrorism has also been used against the American Indian Movement and Puerto Rican indepenistas ^[sic].

   • 2003, Hal Marcovitz, Guardians of Safety: Law Enforcement at Ground Zero, Chelsea House Publishers, →ISBN, page 34:

     Since the 1930s, a core of "independistas" had agitated for independence for the island, which became a U.S. possession following the Spanish-American War.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /indepenˈdista/ [ĩn̪.d̪e.pẽn̪ˈd̪is.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: in‧de‧pen‧dis‧ta

Adjective

independista m sg or f sg

1. Alternative form of independentista