risota
Portuguese, noun/ʁiˈzɔ.tɐ/
risota is spelled R-I-S-O-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 118,367th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Risota is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “derision, scorn, ridicule” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “uma pequena risada, uma curta risada”.
What does risota mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininederision, scorn, ridicule
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. uma pequena risada, uma curta risada
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 risota
- risotas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce risota?
- Brazil /ʁiˈzɔ.tɐ/
- Brazil [hiˈzɔ.tɐ]
- /ʁiˈzɔ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is risota in Portuguese?
risota appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).