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Galician
Etymology
Cognate with Spanish jota, from Mozarabic *šáwta (“jump”), from Latin saltō (“I dance”).
Noun
xota f (plural xotas)
- a popular dance with a lively rhythm, common in Aragon, Navarre, and Valencia
- barb, the backwards point of the fishhook
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Unknown.
Pronunciation
Noun
xota f (plural xotas)
- (Brazil, slang, vulgar) female genitals; vagina
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations
- (Portugal, slang) penis
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
xota
- inflection of xotar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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