picota
Portuguese, noun/piˈkɔ.tɐ/
picota is spelled P-I-C-O-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 123,299th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Picota is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pillory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of picotar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “poste ou madeiro erguido em praça pública que servia de pelourinho”.
What does picota mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepillory
- 2
femininepump-cheek
- 3
feminineshadoof
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. poste ou madeiro erguido em praça pública que servia de pelourinho 2. engenho ou cegonha para elevar água 3. o mesmo que galinha-da-índia
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 picota
- picotas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce picota?
- Brazil /piˈkɔ.tɐ/
- Portugal /piˈkɔ.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 picota
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is picota in Portuguese?
picota appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).