transformista

Portuguese

Etymology

From transformar +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃s.foʁˈmis.tɐ/ [tɾɐ̃s.foɦˈmis.tɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃s.foɾˈmis.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʃ.foʁˈmiʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃s.foɻˈmis.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʃ.fuɾˈmiʃ.tɐ/

Hyphenation: trans‧for‧mis‧ta

Noun

transformista m or f by sense (plural transformistas)

cross-dresser; drag queen; transvestite
Synonym: travesti

Spanish

Adjective

transformista m or f (masculine and feminine plural transformistas)

transforming

Noun

transformista m or f by sense (plural transformistas)

cross-dresser

Related terms

transformismo

Further reading

“transformista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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