chota

See also: Chota, chotá, chòta, chóta, and c̈hota

English

Alternative forms

• chhota, chuta

Etymology

From Hindi छोटा (choṭā, “small”).

Adjective

chota (not comparable)

1. (India, obsolete) Small; younger.
   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 393:

     Jemdanee announced to me that she was in a family way, expressing her earnest desire that it might prove ‘a chuta William Sahib’.

   • 1898, Rudyard Kipling, The Day's Work:

     I tell this to the Chota Sahib.

Derived terms

• chota hazri
• chota peg

Anagrams

• Choat, coath, tacho

Galician

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔta/ [ˈt͡ʃɔ.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Hyphenation: cho‧ta

Noun

chota f (plural chotas)

1. layer or lump of dug

   Synonym: bosta

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chota”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chota”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chota”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “chota”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “chota”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃota/ [ˈt͡ʃo.t̪a]

• Audio (Costa Rica):

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• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: cho‧ta

Etymology 1

From choto +‎ -a.

Adjective

chota

1. female equivalent of choto

Noun

chota f (uncountable)

1. (vulgar, Uruguay) semen, cum
   • Te dije que quería que trajeras mucha chota, no muchachita. - I told you I wanted you to bring a lot of cum, not a girl in her puss! ("John Salchichón Rambo", parody by the Uruguayan Internet comedian El Bananero, 2008)

   Synonyms: leche, chele, (El Salvador) chilguete, (Spain) corrida

2. (dated, slang, derogatory, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico) the police

   Synonym: (El Salvador) jura

Noun

chota f (plural chotas)

1. female equivalent of choto
2. (colloquial, Rioplatense) idiot
3. (colloquial, Puerto Rico) an unskilled and lazy person
4. (colloquial, Cuba, Costa Rica) joker; jester
5. (slang, Puerto Rico) snitch

   Synonym: chivato

6. (vulgar, Rioplatense) penis, cock

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

Derived terms

• como una chota

Etymology 2

Verb

chota

1. inflection of chotar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “chota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-chota (infinitive kuchota)

1. to scoop, to ladle

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chota
Positive present -nachota Subjunctive -chote Negative -choti Imperative singular chota
Infinitives
Positive kuchota Negative kutochota
Imperatives
Singular chota Plural choteni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchota Positive past positive subject concord + -lichota Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchota
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachota) Singular Plural 1st person ninachota/nachota tunachota 2nd person unachota mnachota 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachota wanachota other classes positive subject concord + -nachota
Negative present (negative subject concord + -choti) Singular Plural 1st person sichoti hatuchoti 2nd person huchoti hamchoti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachoti hawachoti other classes negative subject concord + -choti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachota Negative future negative subject concord + -tachota
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chote) Singular Plural 1st person nichote tuchote 2nd person uchote mchote 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achote wachote other classes positive subject concord + -chote
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichote Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechota Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechota Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichota Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichota
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achota) Singular Plural 1st person nachota twachota 2nd person wachota mwachota 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achota wachota m-mi(III/IV) wachota yachota ji-ma(V/VI) lachota yachota ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachota vyachota n(IX/X) yachota zachota u(XI) wachota see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachota pa(XVI) pachota mu(XVIII) mwachota
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechota "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachota "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachota "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichota "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochota Consecutive kachota / positive subject concord + -kachota Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachote
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichota -tuchota 2nd person -kuchota -wachota/-kuchoteni/-wachoteni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchota -wachota m-mi(III/IV) -uchota -ichota ji-ma(V/VI) -lichota -yachota ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichota -vichota n(IX/X) -ichota -zichota u(XI) -uchota see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchota pa(XVI) -pachota mu(XVIII) -muchota Reflexive -jichota
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chota- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chotaye -chotao m-mi(III/IV) -chotao -chotayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chotalo -chotayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotacho -chotavyo n(IX/X) -chotayo -chotazo u(XI) -chotao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chotako pa(XVI) -chotapo mu(XVIII) -chotamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chota) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechota -ochota m-mi(III/IV) -ochota -yochota ji-ma(V/VI) -lochota -yochota ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochota -vyochota n(IX/X) -yochota -zochota u(XI) -ochota see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochota pa(XVI) -pochota mu(XVIII) -mochota
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.