surrealista

surrealist

adjective noun soo-rreh-ah-LEES-tah Rare

Also means

surreal

Usage Note

Surrealista is an -ista adjective/noun and has the same form for masculine and feminine. It refers to the Surrealist art movement (un pintor surrealista) or colloquially to something bizarre or dreamlike (la situación era completamente surrealista). The movement noun is el surrealismo.

Examples

"Dalí es el pintor surrealista más conocido."

Natural Translation

Dalí is the most famous surrealist painter.

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