coita
Portuguese, noun/ˈkoj.tɐ/
coita is spelled C-O-I-T-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese, the 185,713th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coita is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sorrow, grief, misfortune” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of coito. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desgraça”.
What does coita mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfemininesorrow, grief, misfortune
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of coito
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
noun: 1. desgraça
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 coita
- coitas plural
- cuita alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coita?
- Brazil /ˈkoj.tɐ/
- Brazil [ˈkoɪ̯.tɐ]
- Portugal /ˈkoj.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is coita in Portuguese?
coita appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).