rota
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁɔ.tɐ/
rota is spelled R-O-T-A (4 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,133rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rota is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “route (course or way travelled)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of roto. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “itinerário que se percorre para ir de um lugar para outro; caminho; direção; rumo”.
What does rota mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineroute (course or way travelled)
noun
- 1
femininecombat (a fight or battle)
- 2
femininedefeat
noun
- 1
femininerota (mediaeval string instrument)
noun
- 1
femininerota (ecclesiastical court of appeal)
noun
- 1
femininerattan (any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of roto
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
feminineshort feminine singular past participle of romper
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. itinerário que se percorre para ir de um lugar para outro; caminho; direção; rumo 2. instrumento musical de cordas antigo 3. tribunal pontifício constituído por vinte juízes eclesiásticos nomeados pelo Papa 4. (ô) abertura do terreno a jeito de corte para passo de caminho ou estrada
prefix: 1. elemento de composição de palavras (prefixo) com significado de roda, como em rotação, rotáceo
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 rota
- rotas plural
- rot(a)- canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rota?
- Brazil /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/
- Brazil [ˈhɔ.tɐ]
- /ˈʁɔ.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 rota
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rota in Portuguese?
rota appears 28 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).