centrocampista

Galician

Etymology

From centro (“middle, center”) + campo (“field, pitch”) + -ista.

Noun

centrocampista m or f by sense (plural centrocampistas)

1. (soccer) midfielder, midfield player

   Synonym: mediocampista

Italian

Etymology

From centro- +‎ campo +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃɛn.tro.kamˈpis.ta/, /t͡ʃen.tro.kamˈpis.ta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: cen‧tro‧cam‧pì‧sta

Noun

centrocampista m or f by sense (masculine plural centrocampisti, feminine plural centrocampiste)

1. (soccer) midfielder, midfield player (football)

Further reading

• centrocampista in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• centrocampista in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• centrocampista in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• centrocampista in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• “centrocampista”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish centro

Spanish campo

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 centrocampista

From centro (“middle, center”) + campo (“field, pitch”) + -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θentɾokamˈpista/ [θẽn̪.t̪ɾo.kãmˈpis.t̪a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /sentɾokamˈpista/ [sẽn̪.t̪ɾo.kãmˈpis.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: cen‧tro‧cam‧pis‧ta

Noun

centrocampista m or f by sense (plural centrocampistas)

1. (soccer) midfielder, midfield player

   Synonym: mediocampista

Related terms

• centrocampismo

Further reading

• “centrocampista”, 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