velhote
Portuguese, noun/veˈʎɔ.t͡ʃi/
velhote is spelled V-E-L-H-O-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,221st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Velhote is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “old man” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “homem um tanto velho”.
What does velhote mean in English?
adjective
- 1
oldish
noun
- 1
derogatoryinformalmasculineold man
- 2
informalmasculinefather; old man
- 3
masculinea kind of sweet bread with sugar and cinnamon
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se do homem um tanto velho
noun: 1. homem um tanto velho
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 velhote
- velhota feminine
- velhotes masculine plural
- velhotas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce velhote?
- Brazil /veˈʎɔ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /vɛˈʎɔ.tɨ/
- Portugal /bɛˈʎɔ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is velhote in Portuguese?
velhote appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).