cotista
Portuguese, noun/koˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
cotista is spelled C-O-T-I-S-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,784th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cotista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “shareholder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que detém uma cota de uma empresa”.
What does cotista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineshareholder
- 2
femininemasculinesomeone who have acquired a job or educational place with the aid of quotas, especially racial quotas
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que detém uma cota de uma empresa
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 cotista
- cotistas plural
- quotista alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cotista?
- Brazil /koˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
- /koˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /kuˈtiʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cotista in Portuguese?
cotista 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).