gatuno

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gatuno (“catlike”).

Adjective

gatuno (feminine gatuna, masculine plural gatunos, feminine plural gatunas)

1. light-fingered

Noun

gatuno m (plural gatunos)

1. thief, pilferer

   Synonym: ladrão

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Spanish

Adjective

gatuno (feminine gatuna, masculine plural gatunos, feminine plural gatunas)

1. catlike
2. (relational) cat

Further reading

• “gatuno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014