belicista

Portuguese

Etymology

From bélico +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -istɐ

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.liˈsis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.liˈsis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /be.liˈsiʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.liˈsis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.liˈsiʃ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: be‧li‧cis‧ta

Noun

belicista m or f by sense (plural belicistas)

1. bellicist; warmonger (one who advocates war)

Adjective

belicista m or f (plural belicistas)

1. (relational) of bellicism; advocating war

Spanish

Etymology

From bélico +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beliˈθista/ [be.liˈθis.t̪a] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /beliˈsista/ [be.liˈsis.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: be‧li‧cis‧ta

Adjective

belicista m or f (masculine and feminine plural belicistas)

1. warmongering

Noun

belicista m or f by sense (plural belicistas)

1. warmonger

Derived terms

• antibelicista

Related terms

• belicismo

Further reading

• “belicista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024