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sote

Spanish, noun

sote is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “chigger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of sotar. With an accent, soté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of sotar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cría de la nigua”.

What does sote mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinechigger

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as soté
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of sotar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cría de la nigua.

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 sote

  • sotes plural

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

English words that translate to sote

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is sote in Spanish?

sote appears about once in every 41 million words in written Spanish.

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