aqui há gato

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “there's a cat in here”.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈki ˈa ˈɡa.tu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈki ˈa ˈɡa.tu/ [ɐˈki ˈa ˈɣa.tu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈki ˈa ˈɡa.tu/ [ɐˈki ˈa ˈɣa.tu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈki ˈa ˈɡa.tu/

Phrase

aqui há gato

1. (Portugal, idiomatic) I smell a rat; there's something fishy

   Synonyms: (Brazil) tem caroço nesse angu, (Portugal) cheirar a esturro

Further reading

• “aqui há gato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026