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coito.

coitus, sexual intercourse

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkoj.tu/Brazil[ˈkoɪ̯.tu]Brazil/ˈkɔj.tu/Brazil[ˈkɔɪ̯.tu]Brazil
  1. coitus, sexual intercourse

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin eō Latin coëō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin coituslbor. Portuguese coito Learned borrowing from Latin coitus.

adj/ˈkoj.tu/Brazil[ˈkoɪ̯.tu]Brazil/ˈkoj.tu/Portugal
  1. cooked

    dated
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coito, from Latin coctus, perfect passive participle of coquō, from earlier *quoquō, from Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti, from *pekʷ- + *-eti.

noun/ˈkoj.tu/Brazil[ˈkoɪ̯.tu]Brazil/ˈkoj.tu/Portugal
  1. alternative form of couto

    alt-of · alternative · masculine
verb/ˈkoj.tu/Brazil[ˈkoɪ̯.tu]Brazil/ˈkoj.tu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of coitar (“to cook”)

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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