escota
Portuguese, noun/isˈkɔ.tɐ/
escota is spelled E-S-C-O-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escota is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sheet (rope to adjust sail)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cabo que serve para caçar ou folgar uma vela de um veleiro”.
What does escota mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesheet (rope to adjust sail)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cabo que serve para caçar ou folgar uma vela de um veleiro
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 escota
- escotas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escota?
- Brazil /isˈkɔ.tɐ/
- Brazil /esˈkɔ.tɐ/
- /iʃˈkɔ.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 escota
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escota in Portuguese?
escota appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).