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escota

Spanish, noun

escota is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sheet (rope)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of escotar. With an accent, escotá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of escotar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cabo para tirar de la vela y estirarla hacia la borda”.

What does escota mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesheet (rope)

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as escotá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of escotar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cabo para tirar de la vela y estirarla hacia la borda.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of escota

  • escotas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is escota in Spanish?

escota appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).