telefonista

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɛfonɪsta]

telefonista m anim (female equivalent telefonistka)

1. telephone operator

• “telefonista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “telefonista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “telefonista”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From telefono +‎ -ista.

• IPA^(key): /te.le.foˈnis.ta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧nì‧sta

telefonista m or f by sense (masculine plural telefonisti, feminine plural telefoniste)

1. switchboard operator; telephonist

• telefonasti

telefonista m or f by sense (plural telefonistas)

1. telephone operator, telephonist (person who operates a telephone switchboard)
2. telephone operator, telephonist (person who provides information or takes messages via the telephone)

• “telefonista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “telefonista”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “telefonista”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): /telefoˈnista/ [t̪e.le.foˈnis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: te‧le‧fo‧nis‧ta

telefonista m or f by sense (plural telefonistas)

1. telephone operator, telephonist (person who operates a telephone switchboard)

   Synonym: teleoperador

2. telephone operator, telephonist (person who provides information or takes messages via the telephone)

• “telefonista”, 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
• “telefonista” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.