cabalista

Catalan

Etymology

From càbala +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kə.βəˈlis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kə.bəˈlis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.baˈlis.ta]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ka.βaˈlis.ta]

Noun

cabalista m or f by sense (plural cabalistes)

1. cabalist

Derived terms

• cabalístic

Further reading

• “cabalista”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Italian

Etymology

From cabala +‎ -ista.

Noun

cabalista m or f by sense (masculine plural cabalisti, feminine plural cabaliste)

1. cabalist

Further reading

• “cabalista”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• basaltica

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish cábala

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Spanish -ista

Spanish cabalista

From cábala + -ista.

Noun

cabalista m or f by sense (plural cabalistas)

1. schemer (one who schemes)

Further reading

• “cabalista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025