"motorista" meaning in Portuguese

See motorista in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mo.toˈɾis.tɐ/ [Brazil], /mo.toˈɾis.tɐ/ [Brazil], /mo.toˈɾiʃ.tɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], /mo.toˈɾis.ta/ [Southern-Brazil], /mu.tuˈɾiʃ.tɐ/ [Portugal] Audio: LL-Q5146 (por)-MedK1-motorista.wav Forms: motoristas [plural]
Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ Etymology: From motor + -ista. Etymology templates: {{af|pt|motor|-ista}} motor + -ista Head templates: {{pt-noun|mfbysense}} motorista m or f by sense (plural motoristas)
  1. driver, motorist Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-motorista-pt-noun-gulriz5B Categories (other): Occupations Disambiguation of Occupations: 48 52
  2. chauffeur Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-motorista-pt-noun-snRNMB4X Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Portuguese nouns with irregular gender, Portuguese terms suffixed with -ista, Occupations Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 38 62 Disambiguation of Portuguese nouns with irregular gender: 24 76 Disambiguation of Portuguese terms suffixed with -ista: 11 89 Disambiguation of Occupations: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: banco do motorista, carteira de motorista, motorista de fim de semana, motorista de praça
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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