banjista

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • banjoísta

Etymology

From banjo +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /banˈʝista/ [bãɲˈɟ͡ʝis.t̪a] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /banˈʃista/ [bãnʲˈʃis.t̪a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /banˈʒista/ [bãnʲˈʒis.t̪a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Syllabification: ban‧jis‧ta

Noun

banjista m or f by sense (plural banjistas)

  1. banjoist [from 1930]

Further reading

  • banjista”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN