idiota
Portuguese, noun/i.d͡ʒiˈɔ.tɐ/
idiota is spelled I-D-I-O-T-A (6 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,182nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Idiota is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “idiot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo destituído de inteligência”.
What does idiota mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineidiotic
noun
- 1
femininemasculineidiot
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que diz ou faz tolices 2. que possui caráter simplório
noun: 1. indivíduo destituído de inteligência 2. aquele que faz idiotices 3. indivíduo que sofre de idiotia
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 idiota
- idiotas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce idiota?
- Brazil /i.d͡ʒiˈɔ.tɐ/
- Brazil /iˈd͡ʒjɔ.tɐ/
- Portugal /iˈdjɔ.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 idiota
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is idiota in Portuguese?
idiota appears 43 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).