ilhota
Portuguese, noun/iˈʎɔ.tɐ/
ilhota is spelled I-L-H-O-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,221st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ilhota is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “diminutive of ilha: isle, islet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “município brasileiro do estado de Santa Catarina”.
What does ilhota mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediminutive of ilha: isle, islet
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Santa Catarina
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 ilhota
- ilhotas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ilhota?
- Brazil /iˈʎɔ.tɐ/
- Portugal /iˈʎɔ.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 ilhota
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ilhota in Portuguese?
ilhota 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).