velhota
Portuguese, noun/veˈʎɔ.tɐ/
velhota is spelled V-E-L-H-O-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Velhota is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “old woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of velhote.
What does velhota mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfeminineinformalold woman
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of velhote
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of velhota
- velhotas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce velhota?
- Brazil /veˈʎɔ.tɐ/
- Brazil /vɛˈʎɔ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is velhota in Portuguese?
velhota appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).