Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

portillista

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: por-tillista
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A political supporter of Michael Portillo (born 1953), British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative politician.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Yet despite that pedigree, he describes himself as "essentially a Portillista" – liberal on social affairs, centre-right on economics."
"If Sunak is highly regarded by his colleagues, he does not have a dedicated group of supporters in Parliament: there is no Sunakian equivalent of the Portillistas, the Brownites, or the Friends of Dave."

Etymology

From Portillo + -ista.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: Portillo
Suffix: -ista

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

Portillistas (plural)

Questions

What does portillista mean?: A political supporter of Michael Portillo (born 1953), British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative politician.
Where does portillista come from?: From Portillo + -ista.

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