paulista

See also: Paulista

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pawˈlis.ta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: pau‧lì‧sta

Adjective

paulista m or f by sense (masculine plural paulisti, feminine plural pauliste)

1. (Christianity) Pauline
2. of, from or relating to the city of São Paulo, São Paulo state, Brazil or the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Noun

paulista m or f by sense (masculine plural paulisti, feminine plural pauliste)

1. native or inhabitant of the city of São Paulo, São Paulo state, Brazil or the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Further reading

• paulista in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Paulusbor.

Portuguese (São) Paulo

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istabor.

Portuguese -ista

Portuguese paulista

From (São) Paulo + -ista.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pawˈlis.tɐ/ [paʊ̯ˈlis.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pawˈlis.tɐ/ [paʊ̯ˈlis.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pawˈliʃ.tɐ/ [paʊ̯ˈliʃ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pawˈlis.ta/ [paʊ̯ˈlis.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pawˈliʃ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ
• Hyphenation: pau‧lis‧ta

Adjective

paulista m or f (plural paulistas)

2. (Christianity) relating to Saint Paul
4. of, from or relating to the state of São Paulo, Brazil (not the city itself)

Noun

paulista m or f by sense (plural paulistas)

2. (Christianity) Paulist (member of a religious order associated with Saint Paul)
4. native or inhabitant of the state of São Paulo, Brazil (not the city itself)
5. (figuratively) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• paulistano

Further reading

• “paulista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “paulista” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “paulista”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “paulista”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “paulista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pauˈlista/ [pau̯ˈlis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: pau‧lis‧ta

Noun

paulista m or f by sense (plural paulistas)

1. native or inhabitant of the city of São Paulo, São Paulo state, Brazil or the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Further reading

• “paulista”, 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