açoite
Portuguese, noun/aˈsoj.t͡ʃi/
açoite is spelled A-Ç-O-I-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 77,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Açoite is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “whip, crop, scourge, lash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of açoitar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento com tiras de couro e algumas vezes extremidades pontiagudas, com o objetivo de ferir”.
What does açoite mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewhip, crop, scourge, lash
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento com tiras de couro e algumas vezes extremidades pontiagudas, com o objetivo de ferir 2. ato de machucar com esse instrumento 3. castigo, penalidade
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of açoite
- açoites plural
- açoute alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce açoite?
- Brazil /aˈsoj.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [aˈsoɪ̯.t͡ʃi]
- Portugal /ɐˈsoj.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to açoite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is açoite in Portuguese?
açoite appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).