malabarista

Catalan

Etymology

From Malabar +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mə.lə.βəˈɾis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mə.lə.bəˈɾis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.la.baˈɾis.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

malabarista m or f by sense (plural malabaristes)

1. juggler

Related terms

• malabarisme

Galician

Etymology

From Malabar +‎ -ista.

Noun

malabarista m or f by sense (plural malabaristas)

1. juggler

Portuguese

Etymology

From Malabar +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.la.baˈɾis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.la.baˈɾis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.la.baˈɾiʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.la.baˈɾis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.lɐ.bɐˈɾiʃ.tɐ/ [mɐ.lɐ.βɐˈɾiʃ.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: ma‧la‧ba‧ris‧ta

Noun

malabarista m or f by sense (plural malabaristas)

1. juggler

Related terms

• malabarismo

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Malabar +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malabaˈɾista/ [ma.la.β̞aˈɾis.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: ma‧la‧ba‧ris‧ta

Noun

malabarista m or f by sense (plural malabaristas)

1. juggler

Related terms

• juegos malabares
• malabarear
• malabarismo

Further reading

• “malabarista”, 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