batota
Portuguese, noun/baˈtɔ.tɐ/
batota is spelled B-A-T-O-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 58,415th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Batota is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cheating (at cards etc)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “trapaça em jogo”.
What does batota mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecheating (at cards etc)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. trapaça em jogo 2. (Datação: 1871) qualquer forma de trapaça; falcatrua, maroteira 3. certo jogo de azar 4. casa de jogo
noun: 1. peixe marítimo do Brasil
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 batota
- batotas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce batota?
- Brazil /baˈtɔ.tɐ/
- Portugal /bɐˈtɔ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is batota in Portuguese?
batota appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).