This is the 2295th most frequent Portuguese word.
cotia
"Cotia" is the Portuguese word for "agouti," a small, rodent-like mammal native to Central and South America.
In this instance, 'Cotia' is used as a proper noun referring to a particular city's name.
Cotia é também o nome de uma cidade no Brasil.
Cotia is also the name of a city in Brazil.
Here, 'cotia' is used as a noun to refer to the rodent species native to South and Central America.
Eu vi uma cotia correndo pelo parque.
I saw an agouti running through the park.
In this sentence, 'cotias' is used as a plural noun, still referring to the rodent species.