roto
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁo.tu/
roto is spelled R-O-T-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,356th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “A poor person, particularly one whose appearance is shabby or unkept” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of rotar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “homossexual masculino”.
What does roto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
torn, ruptured
- 2
tattered, ragged
noun
- 1
PortugalderogatorymasculineA poor person, particularly one whose appearance is shabby or unkept.
- 2
PortugalderogatorymasculineA homosexual man.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of rotar
verb
- 1
past participle of romper
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. com buraco, que verte 2. homossexual masculino
noun: 1. homossexual masculino
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 roto
- rota feminine
- rotos masculine plural
- rotas feminine plural
- rôto alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce roto?
- Brazil /ˈʁo.tu/
- Brazil [ˈho.tu]
- Brazil /ˈʁɔ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is roto in Portuguese?
roto appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).