calote
Portuguese, noun/kaˈlɔ.t͡ʃi/
calote is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a defaulted debt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de calotear”.
What does calote mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinea defaulted debt
O meu calote com a companhia de luz já deve ser milionário.
- 2
informalmasculinean act of defaulting on debts
Levei um calote do patrão: três semanas e nada de me pagar!
- 3
informalmasculinea scam (fraudulent deal)
noun
- 1
feminineinformalalternative form of calota
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de calotear 2. ato ou efeito de se enganar alguém de propósito 3. ato ou efeito de se lograr
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 calote
- calotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calote?
- Brazil /kaˈlɔ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /kɐˈlɔ.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 calote
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calote in Portuguese?
calote appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).