sefardita

Catalan

Etymology

From Hebrew סְפָרַד (s'farád) +‎ -ita.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sefardita m or f (masculine and feminine plural sefardites)

1. Sephardic

Noun

sefardita m or f by sense (plural sefardites)

1. Sephardic Jew

Further reading

• “sefardita”, 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
• “sefardita”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “sefardita” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “sefardita”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Italian

Adjective

sefardita m or f by sense (masculine plural sefarditi, feminine plural sefardite)

1. Sephardic

Noun

sefardita m or f by sense (masculine plural sefarditi, feminine plural sefardite)

1. Sephardic Jew

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.faʁˈd͡ʒi.tɐ/ [se.faɦˈd͡ʒi.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.faʁˈd͡ʒi.tɐ/ [se.faɦˈd͡ʒi.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /se.faɾˈd͡ʒi.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /se.faʁˈd͡ʒi.tɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /se.faɻˈd͡ʒi.tɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.fɐɾˈdi.tɐ/ [sɨ.fɐɾˈði.tɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.fɐɾˈdi.tɐ/ [sɨ.fɐɾˈði.tɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.fɐɾˈdi.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: se‧far‧di‧ta

Noun

sefardita m or f by sense (plural sefarditas)

1. alternative form of sefardi

Adjective

sefardita m or f (plural sefarditas, not comparable)

1. alternative form of sefardi

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From sefardí + -ita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sefaɾˈdita/ [se.faɾˈð̞i.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: se‧far‧di‧ta

Noun

sefardita m or f by sense (plural sefarditas)

1. alternative form of sefardí

Adjective

sefardita m or f (masculine and feminine plural sefarditas)

1. alternative form of sefardí

Further reading

• “sefardita”, 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