ajedrecista

Spanish

Ajedrecistas jugando.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres

Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras

Sanskrit चतुर् (catúr)

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hángas

Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hángas

Sanskrit अङ्ग (áṅga)

Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga)bor.

Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (cʾtlʾng /⁠čatrang⁠/)

Classical Persian چَتْرَنگ (čatrang)bor.

Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj)

Andalusian Arabic الشَطْرَنْج (aš-šaṭranj)bor.

Old Spanish axedrez

Spanish ajedrez

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Spanish -ista

Spanish ajedrecista

From ajedrez + -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /axedɾeˈθista/ [a.xe.ð̞ɾeˈθis.t̪a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /axedɾeˈsista/ [a.xe.ð̞ɾeˈsis.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: a‧je‧dre‧cis‧ta

Noun

ajedrecista m or f by sense (plural ajedrecistas)

1. chess player

Further reading

• “ajedrecista”, 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