chicotear
Portuguese, verb/ʃi.ko.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/
chicotear is spelled C-H-I-C-O-T-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 55,453rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chicotear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to whip (to strike with a whip)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “açoitar com chicote; bater com chicote; açoitar; flagelar”.
What does chicotear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to whip (to strike with a whip)
- 2
to chastise
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. açoitar com chicote; bater com chicote; açoitar; flagelar
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 chicotear
- chicoteio first-person present singular
- chicoteei first-person preterite singular
- chicoteado participle past
- chicoteares infinitive second-person singular
- chicotearmos first-person infinitive plural
- chicoteardes infinitive plural second-person
- chicotearem infinitive plural third-person
- chicoteando gerund
- chicoteados masculine participle past
- chicoteada feminine participle past
- chicoteadas feminine participle past
- chicoteias indicative present second-person
- chicoteia indicative present singular
- chicoteamos first-person indicative plural
- chicoteais indicative plural present
- chicoteiam indicative plural present
- chicoteava first-person imperfect indicative
- chicoteavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chicotear?
- Brazil /ʃi.ko.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ʃi.ko.t͡ʃiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /ʃi.koˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chicotear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chicotear in Portuguese?
chicotear 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).