socialista

See also: sociālista, sociālistā, and socialistă

Asturian

Alternative forms

• socialiste (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soθjaˈlista/ [so.θjaˈlis̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: so‧cia‧lis‧ta

Adjective

socialista (epicene, plural socialistes)

1. socialist
   • 1902 September 7, Francisco González Prieto “Xuan de les Portielles”, “Los Borregos Pastoriaos”, in Ixuxú, viva la mio quintana‎^[1]:

     porque Pablo Iglesies y' un gran burgués que trata d'apoderase de les 80 agrupaciones socialistes d'España [...] Conque ya lo sabeis, obreros de Xixon, d'Asturies, d'España, 'nel VI Congresu Socialiste nacional celebrau los últimos dis d'agosto, 'nel qu' antes yera tiatru de Xovellanos...

     because Pablo Iglesias is a great bourgeois who tries to seize the 80 socialist groups of Spain [...] So you know now, workers of Gijón, Asturias, Spain, in the fourth national Socialist Congress celebrated the last days of august, in what used to be Jovellanos theater...

Noun

socialista m or f (plural socialistes)

1. socialist

Related terms

• socialismu

Further reading

• “socialista”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [su.si.əˈlis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [so.si.əˈlis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [so.si.aˈlis.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: so‧ci‧a‧lis‧ta

Adjective

socialista m or f (masculine and feminine plural socialistes)

1. socialist

Noun

socialista m or f by sense (plural socialistes)

1. socialist

Related terms

• socialisme

Further reading

• “socialista”, 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
• “socialista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “socialista” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “socialista”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsot͡sɪjalɪsta]
• Rhymes: -ɪsta

Noun

socialista m anim (female equivalent socialistka)

1. socialist

   Synonym: (archaic) sociál

Declension

Declension of socialista (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	socialista	socialisté, socialisti
genitive	socialisty	socialistů
dative	socialistovi	socialistům
accusative	socialistu	socialisty
vocative	socialisto	socialisté, socialisti
locative	socialistovi	socialistech
instrumental	socialistou	socialisty

Related terms

• socialismus
• socialistický
• sociál

Further reading

• “socialista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “socialista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “socialista”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɔθjaˈlista/ [s̺ɔ.θjaˈlis̺.t̪ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /sɔθjaˈlista/ [s̺ɔ.θjaˈlis̺.t̪ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /sɔsjaˈlista/ [sɔ.sjaˈlis.t̪ɐ]

• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: so‧cia‧lis‧ta

Adjective

socialista m or f (plural socialistas)

1. socialist

Noun

socialista m or f by sense (plural socialistas)

1. socialist

Related terms

• socialismo

Further reading

• “socialista”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “socialista”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “socialista”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Interlingua

Adjective

socialista (comparative plus socialista, superlative le plus socialista)

1. socialist

Noun

socialista (plural socialistas)

1. socialist

Related terms

• socialismo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so.t͡ʃaˈlis.ta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: so‧cia‧lì‧sta

Adjective

socialista m or f by sense (masculine plural socialisti, feminine plural socialiste)

1. Socialist, socialist

Noun

socialista m or f by sense (masculine plural socialisti, feminine plural socialiste)

1. Socialist, socialist

Related terms

• socialismo

Descendants

• → Maltese: soċjalista

Further reading

• socialista in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• socialista in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• socialista in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• socialista in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• socialista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• lasciatosi

Latin

Noun

socialista m or f (genitive socialistae); first declension

1. (New Latin) socialist
   • 1891, Pope Leo XIII, Rerum novarum:

     Ad huius sanationem mali Socialistae quidem, sollicitata egentium in locupletes invidia, evertere privatas bonorum possessiones contendunt oportere, earumque loco communia universis singulorum bona facere, procurantibus viris qui aut municipio praesint, aut totam rempublicam gerant.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	socialista	socialistae
genitive	socialistae	socialistārum
dative	socialistae	socialistīs
accusative	socialistam	socialistās
ablative	socialistā	socialistīs
vocative	socialista	socialistae

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Adjective

socialista m (feminine singular socialista, masculine plural socialistas, feminine plural socialistas)

1. socialist

Noun

socialista m or f (plural socialistas)

1. socialist

Related terms

• socialisme

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[2], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 643

Portuguese

Etymology

From French socialiste (“socialist”). By surface analysis, social +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -istɐ

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.si.aˈlis.tɐ/ [so.sɪ.aˈlis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /so.sjaˈlis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.si.aˈlis.tɐ/ [so.sɪ.aˈlis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /so.sjaˈlis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /so.si.aˈliʃ.tɐ/ [so.sɪ.aˈliʃ.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /so.sjaˈliʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.si.aˈlis.ta/ [so.sɪ.aˈlis.ta], (faster pronunciation) /so.sjaˈlis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.sjɐˈliʃ.tɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: so‧ci‧a‧lis‧ta

Noun

socialista m or f by sense (plural socialistas)

1. (politics) socialist (one who practices or advocates socialism)
2. (Portuguese politics) a member or supporter the Portuguese Socialist Party

Adjective

socialista m or f (plural socialistas, not comparable)

1. (politics) socialist (of, promoting, practising, or characteristic of socialism)
2. (Portuguese politics) of or belonging to the Portuguese Socialist Party

Hyponyms

• comunista
• estalinista
• leninista
• maoista
• marxista
• trotskista

Coordinate terms

• capitalista

Derived terms

• nacional-socialista

Related terms

• social
• socialismo
• socialistamente
• sócio

Further reading

• “socialista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “socialista”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “socialista” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “socialista”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “socialista”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “socialista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Alternative forms

• сочиалиста (socialista) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Adjective

socialista f sg

1. definite nominative/accusative feminine singular of socialist

Noun

socialista f sg

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of socialistă

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soθjaˈlista/ [so.θjaˈlis.t̪a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /sosjaˈlista/ [so.sjaˈlis.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: so‧cia‧lis‧ta

Adjective

socialista m or f (masculine and feminine plural socialistas)

1. socialist
2. (politics, Spain) Pertaining to PSOE (Partido Socialista Obrero Español), a Spanish political party

Noun

socialista m or f by sense (plural socialistas)

1. socialist
2. (politics, Spain) a member or supporter of PSOE (Partido Socialista Obrero Español), a Spanish political party

Related terms

• socialismo

Further reading

• “socialista”, 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