espírita

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably from espírito +‎ -ita.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpi.ɾi.tɐ/, /esˈpi.ɾi.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpi.ɾi.tɐ/, /esˈpi.ɾi.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpi.ɾi.tɐ/, /eʃˈpi.ɾi.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpi.ɾi.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpi.ɾi.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: es‧pí‧ri‧ta

Noun

espírita m or f by sense (plural espíritas)

1. a spiritist (follower of Spiritism)

Related terms

• espiritismo

Further reading

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