exegeta

See also: exégeta and exegèta

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐξηγητής (exēgētḗs, “explainer, expounder, interpreter”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əɡ.zəˈʒe.tə]

• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɡ.zeˈd͡ʒe.ta]

Noun

exegeta m or f by sense (plural exegetes)

1. exegete, exegetist

Related terms

• exegesi (“exegesis”)
• exegètic (“exegetic, exegetical”)

Further reading

• “exegeta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “exegeta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “exegeta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “exegeta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐξηγητής (exēgētḗs, “interpreter”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zeˈʒe.tɐ/, /e.zeˈʒɛ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zeˈʒe.tɐ/, /e.zeˈʒɛ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zeˈʒe.ta/, /e.zeˈʒɛ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zɨˈʒe.tɐ/, /i.zɨˈʒɛ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: e‧xe‧ge‧ta

Noun

exegeta m or f by sense (plural exegetas)

1. exegete, exegetist

   Synonym: exegetista (rare)

Related terms

• exegese (“exegesis”)
• exegético (“exegetic, exegetical”)

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Verb

exegeta

1. inflection of exegetar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

See also: exégeta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡseˈxeta/ [eɣ̞.seˈxe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: e‧xe‧ge‧ta

Verb

exegeta

1. inflection of exegetar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative