periodista
nounBeginnerHigh frequency
What does “periodista” mean in English?
journalist
journalist (common gender)
Example sentences
La periodista escribe un artículo.
The (female) journalist writes an article.
Trabajo como periodista en una revista.
I work as a journalist at a magazine.
Los periodistas hacen muchas preguntas.
Journalists ask many questions.
How to use it
Periodista means 'journalist'. Same form for both genders: el periodista / la periodista. Plural periodistas. Like artista, doesn't gender-inflect.
Common mistake
Words ending in -ista are always gender-invariable: only the article changes. Same as artista, dentista, ciclista, turista.
Topics
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Reference
This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.