cientista
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English scientist.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.ẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/ [sɪ.ẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /sjẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /si.ẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/ [sɪ.ẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /sjẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /si.ẽˈt͡ʃis.ta/ [sɪ.ẽˈt͡ʃis.ta], (faster pronunciation) /sjẽˈt͡ʃis.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sjẽˈtiʃ.tɐ/
Noun
cientista m or f by sense (plural cientistas)
- scientist
Related terms
- cientificista
Spanish
Noun
cientista m or f (plural cientistas)
- scientist (of certain types of science)
Derived terms
- cientista social
- cientista político
Further reading
- “cientista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014