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excursionista

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Catalan

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Etymology

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    From excursió +‎ -ista.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    excursionista m or f by sense (plural excursionistes)

    1. tourist
      Synonym: turista
    2. hiker, traveler
      Synonym: viatger
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    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Catalan excursionista, from excursió.[1]

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /eɡskuɾsjoˈnista/ [eɣ̞s.kuɾ.sjoˈnis.t̪a]
    • Rhymes: -ista
    • Syllabification: ex‧cur‧sio‧nis‧ta

    Noun

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    excursionista m or f by sense (plural excursionistas)

    1. excursionist
    2. tourist
      Synonym: turista
      • 2015 September 23, “La oleada de turistas que impidió anidar a las tortugas”, in El País[2]:
        Los excursionistas se aglomeraban en la playa para contemplar uno de los espectáculos más extraordinarios de la naturaleza: cientos de miles de tortugas oliváceas que salen lentamente del océano para poner sus huevos en la arena.
        The tourists congregated on the beach to witness one of nature's most extraordinary sights: hundreds of thousands of olive ridley sea turtles slowly coming out of the ocean to lay their eggs in the sand.
    3. traveler, hiker
      Synonyms: viajero, caminante, senderista
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    References

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    1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “excursionista”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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