cheta
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃe.tɐ/
cheta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “small coin (small amount of money)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cheta mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininesmall coin (small amount of money)
Eu não tenho cheta.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of cheta
- chetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cheta?
- Brazil /ˈʃe.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈʃe.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈt͡ʃe.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cheta in Portuguese?
cheta appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).