costista

Portuguese

Etymology

From costas +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɔʃˈtiʃ.tɐ/

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

Noun

costista m or f by sense (plural costistas)

(swimming) backstroker

Further reading

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