agonista

See also: agonistą and Agonista

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɡonɪsta]

Noun

agonista m anim

1. (biochemistry) agonist

Declension

Declension of agonista (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	agonista	agonisté, agonisti
genitive	agonisty	agonistů
dative	agonistovi	agonistům
accusative	agonistu	agonisty
vocative	agonisto	agonisté, agonisti
locative	agonistovi	agonistech
instrumental	agonistou	agonisty

Related terms

• agonie

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡoˈnis.ta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: a‧go‧nì‧sta

Noun

agonista m or f by sense (masculine plural agonisti, feminine plural agoniste)

1. agonist
2. agonistic muscle

Adjective

agonista m or f by sense (masculine plural agonisti, feminine plural agoniste)

1. agonistic

Further reading

• “agonista”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• agostani, stagiona, stagnaio

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English agonist. First attested in 1808. By surface analysis, agonia +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡɔˈɲis.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: a‧go‧nis‧ta

Noun

agonista m inan

1. (biochemistry, pharmacology) agonist (molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction)

   wybiórczy agonista ― a selective agonist

   silny agonista ― a strong agonist

   agonista receptorów ― a receptor agonist

   zastosowanie agonistów ― the application of agonists

   grupa agonistów ― a group of agonists

Declension

Declension of agonista

	singular	plural
nominative	agonista	agonisty
genitive	agonisty	agonistów
dative	agoniście	agonistom
accusative	agonistę	agonisty
instrumental	agonistą	agonistami
locative	agoniście	agonistach
vocative	agonisto	agonisty

Related terms

adjectives

• agonalny
• agoniczny
• agonistyczny

nouns

• agon
• agonia
• agonistyka

Further reading

• “agonista”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡoˈnis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡoˈnis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ɡoˈniʃ.tɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡuˈniʃ.tɐ/ [ɐ.ɣuˈniʃ.tɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡuˈniʃ.tɐ/ [ɐ.ɣuˈniʃ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡuˈniʃ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧go‧nis‧ta

Noun

agonista m (plural agonistas)

1. agonist (a muscle that contracts while another relaxes)
2. (biochemistry) agonist (molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell)

Noun

agonista m or f by sense (plural agonistas)

1. agonist (someone involved in an agon)

Further reading

• “agonista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “agonista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡoˈnista/ [a.ɣ̞oˈnis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: a‧go‧nis‧ta

Adjective

agonista m or f (masculine and feminine plural agonistas)

1. agonistic

Noun

agonista m or f by sense (plural agonistas)

1. fighter
2. agonist (protagonist or antagonist in a literary text)

Noun

agonista m (plural agonistas)

1. (anatomy) agonistic muscle

Related terms

• agonía
• agonismo

Further reading

• “agonista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025