batllista

Spanish

Etymology

From Batlle +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /baˈʝista/ [baˈʝis.t̪a] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /baˈʎista/ [baˈʎis.t̪a] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /baˈʃista/ [baˈʃis.t̪a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /baˈʒista/ [baˈʒis.t̪a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Syllabification: bat‧llis‧ta

Noun

batllista m or f by sense (plural batllistas)

  1. a supporter of José Batlle y Ordóñez, president of Uruguay between 1911 and 195