brigadista

From Spanish brigadista.

brigadista (plural brigadistas)

1. A member of the Spanish International Brigades (Brigadas Internacionales).
   • 1984 April 28, Loie Hayes, “Passionate Politics in Nicaragua”, in Gay Community News, page 8:

     Maybe they're a little leary of sending all these queers to their unsuspecting Nicaraguan friends but they have shown no hesitation accepting our applications to be brigadistas.

From brigada (“brigade”) +‎ -ista.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ
• Hyphenation: bri‧ga‧dis‧ta

brigadista m or f (plural brigadistas)

1. (relational) brigade

   Synonym: brigadiano

   soldado brigadista ― brigade soldier

brigadista m or f by sense (plural brigadistas)

1. A member of a brigade.

   Synonym: brigadiano

From brigada (“brigade”) +‎ -ista (“-ist”).

• IPA^(key): /bɾiɡaˈdista/ [bɾi.ɣ̞aˈð̞is.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: bri‧ga‧dis‧ta

brigadista m or f by sense (plural brigadistas)

1. member of a brigade
2. brigadista

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