petista

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See also: pětistá

Portuguese

Etymology

From PT (“Partido dos Trabalhadores”) +‎ -ista. Attested since the party's foundation, in 1980.

Pronunciation

 

  • (Northeastern Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.ˈtiʃ.ta/
  • Rhymes: (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ, (Brazil) -istɐ
  • Hyphenation: pe‧tis‧ta

Noun

petista m or f by sense (plural petistas)

  1. (Brazil, politics) a person who is affiliated to or supports the Workers' Party.

Adjective

petista m or f (plural petistas) (Brazil, politics)

  1. (relational) of the Workers' Party
    • 1980 May 17, “Brizolistas: decisão sobre sigla”, in João Moreira de Sampaio Neto, editor, Cidade de Santos, volume XIII, number 4.613, page 5, column 4:
      Embora Insistindo em que se tratava de opiniões pessoals, os deputados Alceu Collares e Getúlio Dias, o ex-senador Josafá Marinho, João Vicente Goulart, Doutel de Andrade, Emedito Cerqueira e Osvaldo Lima Filho, entre outros, acariciam a fórmula da constituição de um novo partido para abrigar "os verdadeiros trabalhistas e democratas brasileiros", paralelamente às negociações com o grupo petista chefiado pelo lider Sindical Luiz Ignacio da Silva, o "Lula", de São Bernardo.
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  2. supporting or pro-Workers' Party

Descendants

  • → Spanish: petista

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese petista.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈtista/
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Syllabification: pe‧tis‧ta

Noun

petista m or f by sense (plural petistas)

  1. (politics) a person who is affiliated to or supports the Brazilian Workers' Party.

Adjective

petista m or f (masculine and feminine plural petistas)

  1. (politics) pertaining or related to the Brazilian Workers' Party.
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