independentista

[ een-de-pen-den-tees-tah ]

noun

, Spanish.

, plural in·de·pen·den·tis·tas [een-de-pen-den-, tees, -tahs].

1. (especially in Latin America) a person who supports or works toward political independence, especially one supporting radical changes in an existing government or from an existing system of government.

Example Sentences

He was an ardent independentista, committed to helping lift his country from the shadow of United States colonialism.

From Seattle Times

His name was Jordi Martí, a 70-year-old local and independentista.

From Slate

Earlier Thursday evening in Girona, the most independentista province in Catalonia and the city where Puigdemont lived before he fled, a crowd of about 100 people poured into a banquet hall to listen to speeches from local Vox candidates.

From Los Angeles Times

Separatist parties selected the low-profile independentista as president for a simple reason: Torra was neither in jail nor in self-imposed exile.

From Los Angeles Times

Catalonia’s former vice president, Oriol Junqueras, has campaigned from a jail near Madrid, while he and other incarcerated independentista politicians are being investigated on suspicion of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds.

From Los Angeles Times