entusiasta

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən.tu.ziˈas.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [en.tu.ziˈas.ta]

Adjective

entusiasta m or f (masculine and feminine plural entusiastes)

1. enthusiastic

   Synonym: entusiàstic

Noun

entusiasta m or f by sense (plural entusiastes)

1. enthusiast

Related terms

• entusiasme

Further reading

• “entusiasta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “entusiasta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “entusiasta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “entusiasta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs); compare French enthousiaste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /en.tuˈzja.sta/
• Rhymes: -asta
• Hyphenation: en‧tu‧sià‧sta

• Audio:

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Adjective

entusiasta (masculine plural entusiasti, feminine plural entusiaste)

1. enthusiastic

   Synonym: entusiastico

Noun

entusiasta m or f by sense (masculine plural entusiasti, feminine plural entusiaste)

1. enthusiast

Related terms

• entusiasmo
• entusiastico

Further reading

• entusiasta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• attenuassi

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• enthusiasta (obsolete)

Etymology

From ecclesiastical Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “an enthusiast, a zealot”), from ἐνθουσιάζειν (enthousiázein, “to be inspired or possessed by a god”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tu.ziˈas.tɐ/ [ẽ.tu.zɪˈas.tɐ], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.tuˈzjas.tɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tu.ziˈas.tɐ/ [ĩ.tu.zɪˈas.tɐ], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.tuˈzjas.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tu.ziˈas.tɐ/ [ẽ.tu.zɪˈas.tɐ], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.tuˈzjas.tɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tu.ziˈas.tɐ/ [ĩ.tu.zɪˈas.tɐ], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.tuˈzjas.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tu.ziˈaʃ.tɐ/ [ẽ.tu.zɪˈaʃ.tɐ], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.tuˈzjaʃ.tɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tu.ziˈaʃ.tɐ/ [ĩ.tu.zɪˈaʃ.tɐ], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.tuˈzjaʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tu.ziˈas.ta/ [ẽ.tu.zɪˈas.ta], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.tuˈzjas.ta/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tu.ziˈas.ta/ [ĩ.tu.zɪˈas.ta], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.tuˈzjas.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.tuˈzjaʃ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: en‧tu‧si‧as‧ta

Noun

entusiasta m or f by sense (plural entusiastas)

1. enthusiast (person filled with or guided by enthusiasm)

Adjective

entusiasta m or f (plural entusiastas)

1. characterised by enthusiasm

   Synonyms: ardoroso, entusiasmado

Related terms

• entusiasmado
• entusiasmador
• entusiasmante
• entusiasmar
• entusiasmável
• entusiasmo
• entusiasticamente
• entusiástico

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin enthūsiasta, from Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “inspired”). See entusiasmo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /entuˈsjasta/ [ẽn̪.t̪uˈsjas.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: en‧tu‧sias‧ta

Adjective

entusiasta m or f (masculine and feminine plural entusiastas)

1. enthusiastic

   Synonyms: entusiasmado, entusiástico

Noun

entusiasta m or f by sense (plural entusiastas)

1. enthusiast

Related terms

• entusiasmar
• entusiasmo

Further reading

• “entusiasta”, 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