profetisa

Galician

Noun

profetisa f (plural profetisas)

1. prophetess

Related terms

• profeta

Portuguese

Etymology

From profeta (“prophet”) +‎ -isa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.feˈt͡ʃi.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.feˈt͡ʃi.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.feˈt͡ʃi.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.fɨˈti.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧ti‧sa
• Homophone: profetiza

Noun

profetisa f (plural profetisas)

1. female equivalent of profeta: prophetess

   Synonym: pitonisa

Further reading

• “profetisa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “profetisa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From profeta (“prophet”) +‎ -isa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾofeˈtisa/ [pɾo.feˈt̪i.sa]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: pro‧fe‧ti‧sa

Noun

profetisa f (plural profetisas)

1. female equivalent of profeta: prophetess

Further reading

• “profeta”, 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