Skip to content

mediocampista

midfielder

noun meh-dyoh-kahm-PEES-tah Rare

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.

Free starter pack

Building your Spanish vocabulary?

Get the 100 most common Spanish words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.

Explore Spanish by topic