# -ista
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish -ista in Sandinista (1930s). Doublet of -ist.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /-ˈistə/

### Suffix

-ista
* Forms nouns denoting one who follows a principle; an adept.
    ‎fashion + ‎-ista → ‎fashionista
    ‎Marx + ‎-ista → ‎Marxista
    ‎Lincoln + ‎-ista → ‎Lincolnista

#### Usage notes

Words formed using this suffix usually have more of a pejorative connotation than related words formed using -ist. Historically, this connotation tended to be associated with socialism (in reference to Sandinistas), but may also connote a general connection to Latin America or apolitical pejorativeness.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Asti, IAST, IATs, Sati, Sita, Stai, TIAS, TIAs, Tais, Tisa, Tsai, aits, itas, sati, tais

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).

### Suffix

-ista m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -istes)
* -ist

#### Related terms

* -isme

### Further reading

* “-ista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “-ista” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ ɪsta]
* Rhymes: -ɪsta

### Suffix

-ista m anim (noun-forming suffix)
* -ist
    ‎puč + ‎-ista → ‎pučista
* -er
    ‎snowboard + ‎-ista → ‎snowboardista

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* -ista in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-istak.
Certain verbs inherited from Proto-Finnic have had the strong stem generalized by analogy, e.g. vavista (stem vapise-) → vapista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /-istɑˣ/, [-is̠tɑ̝(ʔ)]

### Suffix

-ista (front vowel harmony variant -istä, stem -ise-, linguistic notation -ise- or -istA)
* Forms frequentative verbs, often from onomatopoeic stems.

#### Derived terms
### Anagrams

* asti, sait, sati, siat

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).

### Suffix

-ista m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -istas)
* -ist

#### Derived terms

From

#### Related terms

* -ismo

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [iʃtɒ]
* Hyphenation: is‧ta
* Rhymes: -tɒ

### Suffix

-ista
* (noun-forming suffix) -ist
** One who follows a principle or system of belief.
    ‎tao (“tao”) + ‎-ista → ‎taoista (“Taoist”)
    Note, these are related to -izmus, e.g. taoizmus (“Taoism”).
** A member of a profession or one interested in something.
    komponista (“composer, one who creates music”)
** A person who uses something.
    ‎zongora (“piano”) + ‎-ista → ‎zongorista (“pianist”)
** A person who holds certain views or values.
    rasszista (“racist”)
* (adjective-forming suffix) -istic
    klasszicista (“classicistic”)

#### Derived terms
### See also

* Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

## Interlingua
### Etymology

Borrowed from English -ist, French -iste, Italian -ista, Portuguese -ista/Spanish -ista, Russian -ист (-ist), all ultimately from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈista/

### Suffix

-ista
* forms nouns from nouns, denoting a person who practises an art or science; -ist
    Synonyms: -ario, -ero
    ‎biologia (“biology”) + ‎-ista → ‎biologista (“biologist”)
    ‎tympano (“drum”) + ‎-ista → ‎tympanista (“drummer, tympanist”)
    ‎saxophono (“saxophone”) + ‎-ista → ‎saxophonista (“saxophonist”)
* forms nouns from nouns, denoting an adherent of a doctrine; -ist
    Synonyms: -ana, -ano, -ita
    ‎Calvin (“Calvin”) + ‎-ista → ‎calvinista (“Calvinist”)
    ‎social (“social”) + ‎-ista → ‎socialista (“socialista”)
    ‎collaboration (“collaboration”) + ‎-ista → ‎collaborationist (“collaborationist”)

#### Usage notes

* This suffix is often parallel to abstract nouns in -ismo, adjectives in -ista and verbs in -isar.
* Despite ending in a, this suffix is used for both females and males.

#### Derived terms
### References

* Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).

### Suffix

-ista m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, masculine plural -isti, feminine plural -iste)
* -ist

#### Related terms

* -ismo
* -istico

### Anagrams

* -asti, Asti, asti, sita, stai, stia

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* -istēs

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), from the stems of verbs in -ίζω (-ízō) + the masculine agent noun suffix -τής (-tḗs).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /is.ta/, [ɪs̠t̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /is.ta/, [ist̪ä]

### Suffix

-ista m (genitive -istae); first declension
* -ist; one who practises or believes.

#### Usage notes

The suffix -ista is added to a noun base to form a noun. It is seldom formative in Latin, usually being borrowed as part of an Ancient Greek word to which the suffix -ιστής (-istḗs) was added.

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Related terms

* -ismus

#### Descendants

* → Asturian: -ista
* → Catalan: -ista
* → French: -iste (see there for further descendants)
* → Galician: -ista
* → German: -ist
* → Italian: -ista
* → Occitan: -ista
* → Polish: -ista
* → Portuguese: -ista
* → Romanian: -ist
* → Sicilian: -ista
* → Spanish: -ista
* → Yiddish: ־יסט (-ist)

## Macanese
### Etymology

From Portuguese -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiʃta/, /ˈiʃtɐ/, /ˈista/

### Suffix

-ista
* suffix added to words to form agent nouns; -ist
    ‎Cantonese 白粉 (baak$^6$ fan$^2$, “heroin”) + ‎-ista → ‎pacfanista (“drug addict”)

#### Usage notes

* As with -êro, generally only productive with non-Portuguese/Macanese roots.

#### Derived terms
## Polish
### Alternative forms

* -ysta

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈis.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

### Suffix

-ista m
* added to words to form names of activity's performers or professions; -ist
    ‎czołg + ‎-ista → ‎czołgista

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* -ista in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈis.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈis.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈiʃ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈis.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈiʃ.tɐ/
* Hyphenation: -is‧ta

### Suffix

-ista m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -istas)
* -ist (person with a particular creative or academic role), appended to the name of this role, or its corresponding adjective
    ‎ambiental (“environmental”) + ‎-ista → ‎ambientalista (“environmentalist”)
    ‎zoologia (“zoology”) + ‎-ista → ‎zoologista (“zoologist”)
* -ist; -man (person who uses or works with a particular tool, instrument or technique), appended to the name of the tool
    ‎flauta (“flute”) + ‎-ista → ‎flautista (“flautist”)
    ‎desenho (“drawing; draught”) + ‎-ista → ‎desenhista (“draughtsman”)
* -ist (one who follows a particular doctrine), appended to the etymon of the doctrine’s name
    ‎Calvino (“(John) Calvin”) + ‎-ista → ‎calvinista (“Calvinist”)
    ‎Marx (“(Karl) Marx”) + ‎-ista → ‎marxista (“Marxist”)
* (chiefly Brazil) someone from a location
    ‎Norte (“North region of Brazil”) + ‎-ista → ‎nortista (“someone from the North”)
    ‎São Paulo + ‎-ista → ‎paulista (“someone from the state of São Paulo”)
* a supporter of a sports team
    ‎Grêmio (“Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense”) + ‎-ista → ‎gremista (“a supporter of Grêmio”)
    ‎Santos (“Santos Futebol Clube”) + ‎-ista → ‎santista (“a supporter of Santos”)

### Suffix

-ista m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -istas)
* -istic, -ist (of or relating to a particular doctrine), appended to the etymon of the doctrine’s name
    ‎Marx (“(Karl) Marx”) + ‎-ista → ‎marxista (“Marxist, relating to Marxism”)
* (chiefly Brazil) of or relating to a location
    ‎Norte (“North region of Brazil”) + ‎-ista → ‎nortista (“of or relating to the North”)
    ‎São Paulo + ‎-ista → ‎paulista (“of or relating to the state of São Paulo”)

#### Usage notes

* The Portuguese suffix -ista does not have the same pejorative connotation as the English suffix -ista.
* The following ending(s) change(s) in words appended with this suffix:
** ⟨-ção⟩, ⟨-são⟩ (in feminine abstract nouns, incl. plurals) → ⟨-cion⟩, ⟨-sion⟩
** ⟨-ão⟩ (as a non-verb suffix, incl. plurals) → ⟨-on⟩
** ⟨-ã(o)⟩ (incl. plurals) → ⟨-(i)an⟩, ⟨-am⟩, or ⟨-(i)on⟩, depending on the base word's etymology
** ⟨-m⟩ (incl. plurals) → ⟨-n⟩
** ⟨-z⟩ (in some nouns from Latin, incl. plurals) → ⟨-c(i)⟩
** ⟨-vel⟩ (unstressed and adjectival, incl. plurals) → ⟨-bil⟩
** ⟨-z⟩ (adjectival, incl. plurals) → ⟨-c⟩

#### Related terms

* -ismo

#### Descendants

* Macanese: -ista

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈista/ [ˈis.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: -is‧ta

### Suffix

-ista m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -istas)
* -ista; one who follows a principle
    ‎óptimo (“best”) + ‎-ista → ‎optimista (“optimist”)
* indicates one who practices a profession of the noun stem
    ‎periódico (“newspaper”) + ‎-ista → ‎periodista (“journalist”)
* one who holds certain values
    ‎mujer (“woman”) + ‎-ista → ‎mujerista (“feminist”)

#### Usage notes

* See the usage notes for example in artista, deportista.

#### Related terms

* -ismo

### Further reading

* “-ista”, 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 -ista, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈista/ [ˈis.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: -is‧ta

### Suffix

-ista (noun-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)
* indicates one who practices a profession of the noun stem
    basketbol (“basketball”) + -ista → basketbolista (“basketball player”)
* indicates one who follows certain principles or values
    seguro (“certainty”) + -ista → segurista (“cautious person; perfectionist”)

#### Derived terms

* Tagalog terms suffixed with -ista aborsiyonista abortista abrodista agrikulturalista agrikulturista agronomista akordeonista aksiyonista aktibista akwarelista anatomista aporista bahista basketbolista debatista drogista idealista kapitalista kontorsiyonista kongresista kursilista kursilyista lealista linahista metodista motorista motosiklista parlorista piyanista rakista raliyista rebolusyonista Sabadista segurista sikolohista teista unyonista welgista

#### Related terms

* -ismo

### Anagrams

* sita, Atsi, atis, tisa, atsi, itsa