colecta
Portuguese, noun
colecta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of coleta; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of colectar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quantia que se paga de imposto”.
What does colecta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of coleta; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
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. quantia que se paga de imposto 2. quota
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 colecta
- colectas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is colecta in Portuguese?
colecta 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).