colete
Portuguese, noun/koˈle.t͡ʃi/
colete is spelled C-O-L-E-T-E (6 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,457th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colete is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “waistcoat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of coletar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça de vestuário sem mangas que se veste por cima da camisa”.
What does colete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewaistcoat
- 2
masculineellipsis of colete à prova de balas
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-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. peça de vestuário sem mangas que se veste por cima da camisa 2. peça que se veste por baixo das roupas para se proteger de balas 3. espartilho de senhora 4. grade que cinge árvores ou arbusto
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 colete
- coletes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colete?
- Brazil /koˈle.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /kuˈle.tɨ/
- Brazil /koˈlɛ.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colete in Portuguese?
colete appears 4.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).