sertanista

English

Etymology

From Portuguese sertanista.

Noun

sertanista (plural sertanistas)

1. A specialist in the undeveloped interior of Brazil and other parts of Portuguese America

Anagrams

• Tartessian, tearstains

Portuguese

Etymology

From sertão +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁ.taˈnis.tɐ/ [seh.taˈnis.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁ.taˈnis.tɐ/ [seh.taˈnis.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾ.taˈnis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁ.taˈniʃ.tɐ/ [seχ.taˈniʃ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seɻ.taˈnis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾ.tɐˈniʃ.tɐ/

Noun

sertanista m or f (plural sertanistas)

1. sertanista

Further reading

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