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pita

Portuguese, noun/ˈpi.tɐ/

pita is spelled P-I-T-A (4 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,393rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pita is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pita (a type of slightly leavened flatbread)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine of puto. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pinta (na acepção terceira), cria da galinha, pola nova; por extensão galinha adulta”.

What does pita mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepita (a type of slightly leavened flatbread)

noun

  1. 1

    feminineFurcraea foetida, a fibrous, ornamental plant of the Americas

  2. 2

    feminineAmerican aloe (Agave americana)

noun

  1. 1

    femininefeminine of puto

  2. 2

    Portugalfeminineslangjailbait

  3. 3

    Portugalcolloquialfemininehen or pullet

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 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. pinta (na acepção terceira), cria da galinha, pola nova; por extensão galinha adulta 2. cabra-cega 3. tipo de pão, de forma plana 4. miúda irritante

noun: 1. Agave americana e outras agaves, piteira, planta de folhas carnosas, de bordos espinhosos, nascidas em roseta 2. fios extraídos desta planta 3. corda, baraça, feita dos fios de agave

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 pita

  • pitas plural

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

How do you pronounce pita?

  • Brazil /ˈpi.tɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈpi.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 pita

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

How common is pita in Portuguese?

pita appears 1.4 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).

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