galeota
Portuguese, noun/ɡa.leˈɔ.tɐ/
galeota is spelled G-A-L-E-O-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese, the 236,506th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galeota is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “galliot (light galley)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena galé”.
What does galeota mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegalliot (light galley)
- 2
femininesand eel (fish of the genus Ammodytes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequena galé 2. peixe de forma alongada da espécie Hyperoplus lanceolatus
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 galeota
- galeotas plural
- galiota alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce galeota?
- Brazil /ɡa.leˈɔ.tɐ/
- Brazil /ɡa.liˈɔ.tɐ/
- Brazil /ɡaˈljɔ.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 galeota
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is galeota in Portuguese?
galeota appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).