virote
Portuguese, noun/viˈɾɔ.t͡ʃi/
virote is spelled V-I-R-O-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 93,598th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Virote is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bolt (short, stout, blunt-headed arrow)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “seta curta”.
What does virote mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebolt (short, stout, blunt-headed arrow)
- 2
masculinecrossguard (bar of metal between the blade and the hilt of a sword)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. seta curta 2. cada uma das peças que constituem o remate do navio 3. travessa de ferro nos copos das antigas espadas 4. haste quadrada que era a peça principal da balestilha, instrumento náutico
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 virote
- virotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce virote?
- Brazil /viˈɾɔ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /viˈɾɔ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is virote in Portuguese?
virote appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).