# motorista
## Catalan
### Etymology

From motor +‎ -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [mu.tuˈɾis.tə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [mo.tuˈɾis.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [mo.toˈɾis.ta]

### Noun

motorista m or f by sense (plural motoristes)
* motorist

### Further reading

* “motorista” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “motorista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “motorista” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “motorista” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English motorist.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: mo‧to‧ris‧ta

### Noun

motorista
* a motorist

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:motorista.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmotorɪsta]

### Noun

motorista m anim (female equivalent motoristka)
* motorist (one who drives a motor vehicle)

#### Related terms

* See motiv
* motorismus

### Further reading

* “motorista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “motorista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Galician
### Etymology

From motor +‎ -ista.

### Noun

motorista m or f by sense (plural motoristas)
* motorcyclist, biker

## Italian
### Etymology

From motore +‎ -ista.

### Noun

motorista m or f by sense (masculine plural motoristi, feminine plural motoriste)
* auto mechanic, motor mechanic

### Further reading

* motorista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* stortiamo

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From motor +‎ -ista.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mo.toˈɾis.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /mo.toˈɾis.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /mo.toˈɾiʃ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /mo.toˈɾis.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mu.tuˈɾiʃ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ
* Hyphenation: mo‧to‧ris‧ta

### Noun

motorista m or f by sense (plural motoristas)
* driver, motorist
    Ele é motorista de ônibus. ― He's a bus driver.
* chauffeur

#### Derived terms

* banco do motorista
* carteira de motorista
* motorista de fim de semana
* motorista de praça

#### Descendants

* → Tetum: motorista

### Further reading

* “motorista”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “motorista”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Romanian
### Noun

motorista f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of motoristă

## Spanish
### Etymology

From motor +‎ -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /motoˈɾista/ [mo.t̪oˈɾis.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: mo‧to‧ris‧ta

### Noun

motorista m or f by sense (plural motoristas)
* biker, motorcyclist
    Synonym: motociclista

### Further reading

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

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish motorista. By surface analysis, motor +‎ -ista.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /motoˈɾista/ [mo.t̪oˈɾis.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: mo‧to‧ris‧ta

### Noun

motorista (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)
* motorcyclist; biker
    Synonym: motosiklista
* motorist (one who drives a motor vehicle)
    Synonyms: tagamaneho, drayber

#### See also

* drayber