tolete
Portuguese, noun/toˈle.t͡ʃi/
tolete is spelled T-O-L-E-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese, the 144,068th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tolete is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “thole (pin serving as the fulcrum of the oars)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cavilha de ferro ou de madeira em que se movimenta o remo”.
What does tolete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethole (pin serving as the fulcrum of the oars)
- 2
masculinea sharpened stick used by Native Americans in hunting for alligators
- 3
Brazilmasculinevulgarturd (a piece of excrement)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cavilha de ferro ou de madeira em que se movimenta o remo 2. pau aguçado com que os índios da América caçam crocodilos 3. fezes humanas em formato sólido
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 tolete
- toletes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tolete?
- Brazil /toˈle.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /tuˈle.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tolete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tolete in Portuguese?
tolete appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).