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malote

Portuguese, noun/maˈlɔ.t͡ʃi/

malote is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a small bag or suitcase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mala pequena, saco”.

What does malote mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea small bag or suitcase

  2. 2

    masculinea fast, private mailing service

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. mala pequena, saco 2. mulher mal comportada

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 malote

  • malotes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce malote?

  • Brazil /maˈlɔ.t͡ʃi/
  • Portugal /mɐˈlɔ.tɨ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to malote

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is malote in Portuguese?

malote 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).