côa
Portuguese, noun
côa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of coa; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, coa is a different word: “straining; filtering”.
What does côa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of coa; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of coa; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
verb
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of coa; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
contraction
- 1
femininecontraction of com (“with”) + a f sg (definite article): feminine singular of co
noun
- 1
femininestraining; filtering
- 2
femininestrained liquid
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração popular e antiga de com + a
noun: 1. cauda
noun: 1. rede para pescar 2. ato de coar, parte que se coou 3. tona do leite quente que coalhou
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 côa
- co'a alternative
- coas plural
- côa alternative
- côas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is côa in Portuguese?
côa appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).