Skip to content

finalista

finalist

noun fee-nah-LEES-tah Rare

Usage Note

Finalista is a common-gender noun — el finalista or la finalista — always ending in -a. It refers to a competitor or team that has reached the final round of a competition. The adjective use is also possible: el equipo finalista. Do not confuse with ganador (winner) — a finalista may lose the final.

Examples

"Los dos finalistas se enfrentan mañana."

Natural Translation

The two finalists face each other tomorrow.

Explore Spanish by topic