sistema

From Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).

• IPA^(key): /sisˈtema/
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: sis‧te‧ma

sistema m (plural sistemes)

1. system

Borrowed from Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -ema
• Hyphenation: sis‧te‧ma

sistema m (plural sistemes)

1. system

• “sistema”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , April 2007

• IPA^(key): /sisˈtema/
• Rhymes: -ema
• Hyphenation: sis‧te‧ma

sistema (accusative singular sisteman, plural sistemaj, accusative plural sistemajn)

1. systematic

From Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).

• IPA^(key): /sisˈtɛma/
  • Rhymes: -ɛma
• IPA^(key): /sisˈtema/
  • Rhymes: -ema
• Hyphenation: sis‧te‧ma

sistema m (plural sistemas)

1. system

• “sistema”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• IPA^(key): /sisˈtɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: si‧stè‧ma

From Late Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).

sistema m (plural sistemi)

1. system
2. method, process

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sistema

1. inflection of sistemare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• sistema in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• sistema in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• sistema in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• sistema in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• sistèma in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• sistèma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• masseti, missate, tassemi

From Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).

sistema m (Hebrew spelling סיסטימה, plural sistemas)

1. system

Borrowed from Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).

• IPA^(key): /sʲɪsʲtʲɛˈmɐ/

sistemà f (plural sistèmos) stress pattern 2

1. system

Borrowed from Italian sistema, from Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).

• IPA^(key): /sɪsˈtɛː.ma/

• Audio (Gozo):

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sistema f (plural sistemi)

1. system

• systema (pre-standardization spelling)

From Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma). Compare French système.

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -emɐ, (most of Brazil) -ẽmɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ema
• Hyphenation: sis‧te‧ma

sistema m (plural sistemas)

1. system
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Lincoln e Grant”, in Contos e phantasias ‎, 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 292:

     Elle não tinha levantadas theorias, não tinha planos concebidos, não tinha presumpçosos systemas.

     He hadn't splendid theories, he hadn't conceived plans, he hadn't presumptuous systems.

2. (colloquial, with a definite article) system, the mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual; the establishment

   Os hippies eram contra o sistema.

   The hippies were against the establishment.

• “sistema”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “sistema”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “sistema” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “sistema”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “sistema”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “sistema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma, “organized whole, body”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

• IPA^(key): /sisˈtema/

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: sis‧te‧ma

sistema m (plural sistemas)

1. system
   • 2025 June 28, Sean Lyngaas, “El cártel de Sinaloa rastreó con un hacker a un funcionario del FBI y mató a posibles informantes, según Gobierno de EE.UU.”, in CNN en Español‎:

     Un cártel de droga mexicano contrató a un hacker para vigilar los movimientos de un alto funcionario del FBI en Ciudad de México en 2018 o incluso antes, recopilando información del sistema de cámaras de la ciudad que permitió al cártel matar a posibles informantes del FBI, según dijo en un nuevo informe el inspector general del Departamento de Justicia.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. scheme (a systematic plan of future action; also, a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole)
3. (politics, colloquial) the establishment
4. regime, system (political)

• “sistema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish sistema.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sisˈtema/
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: sis‧te‧ma

sistema (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜋ)

1. system (way of doing something)

   Synonyms: paraan, pamamaraan, kaparaaanan

2. regulation

   Synonyms: palakad, pamamalakad, patakaran, tuntunin, panuntunan

• “sistema”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• mestisa

sistema (plural sistemalar)

1. system