taxista

Catalan

Etymology

From taxi +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [təkˈsis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [takˈsis.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

taxista m or f by sense (plural taxistes)

1. taxi driver

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

From taxi +‎ -ista.

Noun

taxista m or f by sense (plural taxistas)

1. taxi driver

Further reading

• “taxista”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Noun

taxista m or f by sense (masculine plural taxisti, feminine plural taxiste)

1. alternative form of tassista

Portuguese

Etymology

From táxi +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /takˈsis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /takˈsis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /takˈsiʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /takˈsis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /taˈksiʃ.tɐ/

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

Noun

taxista m or f by sense (plural taxistas)

1. taxi driver (person who drives a taxicab)

   Synonym: (Mozambique) taxeiro

Further reading

• “taxista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From taxi +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɡˈsista/ [t̪aɣ̞ˈsis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: ta‧xis‧ta

Noun

taxista m or f by sense (plural taxistas)

1. taxi driver

Further reading

• “taxista”, 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