garoto

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Unknown. Maybe related to French gars.

Alternative forms

• garôto (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɾo.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈɾo.tu/

• Rhymes: -otu
• Hyphenation: ga‧ro‧to

Noun

garoto m (plural garotos, feminine garota, feminine plural garotas)

1. boy, young man

   Synonyms: garçom, menino, moço, rapaz

2. (Portugal, regional) café au lait, latte (coffee with milk)

   Synonyms: pingo, pingado

Derived terms

• garotada
• garotão (augmentative)
• garotinho (diminutive)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɾɔ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈɾɔ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ɔtu
• Hyphenation: ga‧ro‧to

Verb

garoto

1. first-person singular present indicative of garotar

Further reading

• “garoto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “garoto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026