ensayista

Spanish

Etymology

From ensayo +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ensaˈʝista/ [ẽn.saˈʝis.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ensaˈʝista/ [ẽn.saˈʝis.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ensaˈʃista/ [ẽn.saˈʃis.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ensaˈʒista/ [ẽn.saˈʒis.t̪a]

• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: en‧sa‧yis‧ta

Noun

ensayista m or f by sense (plural ensayistas)

1. essayist

Related terms

• ensayar
• ensayismo

 

Further reading

• “ensayista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10