Usage Note
Mediocampista is the Latin American Spanish term for a football (soccer) midfielder; in Spain the more common term is centrocampista or simply medio. It is a compound of mediocampo (midfield) and the agentive suffix -ista. The noun is common gender — el mediocampista or la mediocampista depending on the player.
Examples
"El mediocampista marcó un golazo."
Natural Translation
The midfielder scored a spectacular goal.

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