quito
Portuguese, noun/ˈki.tu/
quito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a vessel to transport or store water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of quitar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome da capital do Equador”.
What does quito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea vessel to transport or store water
noun
- 1
Portugalinformalmasculinebit (a small amount of something)
Queres um quito?
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of quitar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome da capital do Equador
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 quito
- quitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quito?
- Brazil /ˈki.tu/
- Portugal /ˈki.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quito in Portuguese?
quito appears 3.0 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).