cota
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɔ.tɐ/
cota is spelled C-O-T-A (4 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cota is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “quota (proportional part or share; share or proportion assigned to each in a division)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of cotar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “armadura de malha de ferro ou couro, gibão”.
What does cota mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininequota (proportional part or share; share or proportion assigned to each in a division)
- 2
femininedues; membership fees
noun
- 1
femininean armour coat
noun
- 1
femininemasculineelder (respected old person)
- 2
colloquialfemininemasculinean older person
- 3
Portugalcolloquialfemininemasculinean old person
- 4
Portugalcolloquialfemininemasculinefather, mother
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. armadura de malha de ferro ou couro, gibão
noun: 1. pessoa mais velha
noun: 1. parcela em um conjunto de valores determinada a um indivíduo ou grupo; quota; porção; quinhão 2. o lado oposto ao gume de uma ferramenta ou lâmina 3. distância entre um ponto do espaço e o plano horizontal de projeção 4. número que permite classificar livros (por exemplo, em registos de bibliotecas)
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 cota
- cotas plural
- quota alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cota?
- Brazil /ˈkɔ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈkɔ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cota
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cota in Portuguese?
cota appears 8.9 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).