chacota

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chacota.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈkɔ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈkɔ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈkɔ.ta/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈkɔ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈkɔ.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐˈkɔ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: cha‧co‧ta

Noun

chacota f (plural chacotas)

1. mockery, ridicule

Further reading

“chacota”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈkota/ [t͡ʃaˈko.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: cha‧co‧ta

Noun

chacota f (plural chacotas)

1. joke (something said or done for amusement)

   Synonyms: burla, broma

Derived terms

• chacotear
• chacotero

Further reading

• “chacota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025