brucista

Portuguese

Etymology

From bruços +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾuˈsis.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bɾuˈsiʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾuˈsis.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾuˈsiʃ.tɐ/

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

Noun

brucista m or f by sense (plural brucistas)

(Portugal, swimming) breaststroker
Synonym: (Brazil) peitista

Further reading

“brucista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026