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/peɾjoˈðista/
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Translation
journalist, reporter
Word origin
From periódico ('newspaper') plus the agent suffix -ista. Periódico goes back to Greek periodos ('circuit, recurrence'), from peri ('around') plus hodos ('way').
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- periodos
- English cognates
- period, periodical
Grammar
Gendercommon
Pluralperiodistas
Examples
entrevistó .
The journalist interviewed the president this morning.
gran .
He wants to be a journalist and work at a big newspaper.
.
Several reporters were waiting at the exit of the court.
revuelo.
The journalist published a story that caused a great stir.
, comprueba .
As a journalist, she always checks her sources.
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