evangelista

See also: evangélista

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛvaŋɡɛlɪsta]

Noun

evangelista m anim

1. Evangelist (a writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels)

Declension

Declension of evangelista (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	evangelista	evangelisté, evangelisti
genitive	evangelisty	evangelistů
dative	evangelistovi	evangelistům
accusative	evangelistu	evangelisty
vocative	evangelisto	evangelisté, evangelisti
locative	evangelistovi	evangelistech
instrumental	evangelistou	evangelisty

Related terms

• evangelium
• evangelík

Further reading

• “evangelista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “evangelista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “evangelista”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Italian

Alternative forms

• vangelista (archaic, only in meanings 1 and 2)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin evangelista, borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs). By surface analysis, Latin evangelium + -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.van.d͡ʒeˈlis.ta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: e‧van‧ge‧lì‧sta

Noun

evangelista m (plural evangelisti)

1. (biblical) evangelist (writer of a Gospel)
2. (Christianity, primitive Church) evangelist (preacher of the Gospel)
3. (Christianity) evangelist, preacher
4. (Christianity) one who reads or sings a Gospel

Related terms

• evangelismo
• evangelizzare
• vangelo

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• segnalatevi

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs). By surface analysis, evangelium + -ista.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛ.waŋ.ɡɛˈlɪs.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.van̠ʲ.d͡ʒeˈlis.ta]

Noun

evangelista m (genitive evangelistae); first declension

1. evangelist, preacher

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	evangelista	evangelistae
genitive	evangelistae	evangelistārum
dative	evangelistae	evangelistīs
accusative	evangelistam	evangelistās
ablative	evangelistā	evangelistīs
vocative	evangelista	evangelistae

Descendants

• Old French: evangeliste
  • French: évangéliste
  • → English: evangelist
  • → Middle Dutch: ewangeliste
    • Dutch: evangelist
• Italian: evangelista
• Old Spanish: euangelista, euangelysta
  • Spanish: evangelista
    • → Tagalog: ebanghelista
• → Czech: evangelista (learned)
• → German: Evangelist (learned)
• → Hungarian: evangélista (learned)
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: evangelista (learned)
  • Fala: evangelista
  • Galician: evangelista
  • Portuguese: evangelista
• → Old Swedish: evangeliste (learned)
  • Swedish: evangelist

References

• “evangelista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "evangelista", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “evangelista”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• avãgalista, avãgelista, avanjelista, evãgelhista, evãgelista, evãgellista, evamgelista, evanjelista

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin evangelista. By surface analysis, evangelho + -ista.

Noun

evangelista m or f by sense (plural evangelistas)

1. (Christianity) evangelist

Descendants

• Fala: evangelista
• Galician: evangelista
• Portuguese: evangelista

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “evangelista”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “evangelista”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “@vangelista”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-

Proto-Hellenic *ehu-

Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs)

Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)

Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos)

Proto-Indo-European *-yoh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-yō

Ancient Greek *-ϳω (*-jō)

Ancient Greek ἀγγέλλειν (angéllein)

Ancient Greek εὐάγγελος (euángelos)

Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion)

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō)

Ancient Greek εὐαγγελίζω (euangelízō)

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Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs)

Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs)bor.

Ecclesiastical Latin evangelistalbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese evangelista

Portuguese evangelista

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese evangelista. By surface analysis, evangelho + -ista.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.vɐ̃.ʒeˈlis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.vɐ̃.ʒeˈlis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.vɐ̃.ʒeˈliʃ.tɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐ̃.ʒɨˈliʃ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐ̃.ʒɨˈliʃ.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.bɐ̃.ʒɨˈliʃ.tɐ/ [i.βɐ̃.ʒɨˈliʃ.tɐ]

• Rhymes: -istɐ, -iʃtɐ
• Hyphenation: e‧van‧ge‧lis‧ta

Adjective

evangelista m or f (plural evangelistas)

1. (Christianity) evangelist, preacher

Derived terms

• evangelístico

Noun

evangelista m or f by sense (plural evangelistas)

1. (Christianity) evangelist, preacher

Related terms

• evangelismo

Further reading

• “evangelista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “evangelista”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “evangelista”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “evangelista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-

Proto-Hellenic *ehu-

Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs)

Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)

Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos)

Proto-Indo-European *-yoh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-yō

Ancient Greek *-ϳω (*-jō)

Ancient Greek ἀγγέλλειν (angéllein)

Ancient Greek εὐάγγελος (euángelos)

Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion)

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō)

Ancient Greek εὐαγγελίζω (euangelízō)

▲

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs)

Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs)bor.

Latin evangelista

Old Spanish euangelista

Spanish evangelista

Inherited from Old Spanish euangelista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ebanxeˈlista/ [e.β̞ãŋ.xeˈlis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: e‧van‧ge‧lis‧ta

Adjective

evangelista m or f (masculine and feminine plural evangelistas)

1. (Christianity) evangelist, preacher

Derived terms

• evangelístico

Noun

evangelista m or f by sense (plural evangelistas)

1. (Christianity) evangelist

Related terms

• evangelio
• evangelismo
• evangelizar

Descendants

• → Tagalog: ebanghelista

Further reading

• “evangelista”, 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