jota
Portuguese, noun/ˈʒɔ.tɐ/
jota is spelled J-O-T-A (4 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jota is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “The name of the Latin script letter J/j” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome da letra do alfabeto latino representada por j, J”.
What does jota mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineThe name of the Latin script letter J/j.
noun
- 1
Portugalfeminineinformala party youth
noun
- 1
Portugalfeminineinformalmasculinemember of a party youth
noun
- 1
femininejota (dance)
- 2
femininejota (music)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome da letra do alfabeto latino representada por j, J 2. pedacinho, bocado, nico 3. gota
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 jota
- jotas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jota?
- Brazil /ˈʒɔ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈʒɔ.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 jota
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jota in Portuguese?
jota appears 2.3 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).