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coito

Portuguese, noun/ˈkoj.tu/

coito is spelled C-O-I-T-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,633rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “coitus, sexual intercourse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of coitar (“to cook”). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que cópula (ato sexual)”.

What does coito mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecoitus, sexual intercourse

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealternative form of couto

adjective

  1. 1

    datedcooked

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of coitar (“to cook”)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. cozido

noun: 1. o mesmo que cópula (ato sexual)

noun: 1. o mesmo que couto 2. no jogo infantil apanhada (ou pega-pega, no Brasil), é o local onde os fugitivos não podem ser apanhados

noun: 1. grafia antiga de coito

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 coito

  • coitos plural
  • coita feminine
  • coitas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce coito?

  • Brazil /ˈkoj.tu/
  • Brazil [ˈkoɪ̯.tu]
  • Brazil /ˈkɔj.tu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to coito

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is coito in Portuguese?

coito 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).

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