gato

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese gato, from Late Latin cattus. See cat for more.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈɡatʊ]
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): [ˈħatʊ]

Noun

gato m (plural gatos, feminine gata, feminine plural gatas)

1. cat
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 528:

     Et auia muy grã mortaydade ẽnos poboos da vila con fome, et con coyta comiã os gatos et os caes et os mures

     And they had a big mortality among the people of the town with hunger, and with grief they ate the cats and the dogs and the mice

Derived terms

• Gato

References

• “gato” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “gato” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “gato” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “gato” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “gato” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Hausa

Etymology

From French gateau.

Noun

gā̀tô m (possessed form gā̀tôn)

1. (Niger) cake

   Synonym: kyât (Nigeria)

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Ladino

Etymology

From Late Latin cattus. See cat for more.

Noun

gato m (Latin spelling, plural gatos)

1. cat

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French gâteau

Noun

gato

1. cake

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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Portuguese

gato-siamês

Etymology

From Old Portuguese gato, from Late Latin cattus; compare also catta, possibly of ultimately Afroasiatic origin. See the etymology at cat for further details.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.tu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.tu/, [ˈɡä.t̪ʊ]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.to/
• Hyphenation: ga‧to

Noun

gato m (plural gatos, feminine gata, feminine plural gatas)

1. cat (domestic cat: Felis silvestris catus)
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 55:

     [...] o gato ronronava feliz nos braços de Hermione.

     [...] the cat was purring happily on Hermione's arms.

2. feline
3. (slang) very handsome man
4. (Brazil, slang) an illegal connection to use electricity or watch pay TV for free

Synonyms

• (domestic cat): gato doméstico, gato caseiro
• (feline): felino
• (handsome man): pão

Related terms

• gata

Adjective

gato m (feminine singular gata, masculine plural gatos, feminine plural gatas, comparable)

1. (informal, of a person) physically attractive

Inflection

Inflection of gato

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	gato	gata	gatos	gatas
comparative	mais gato	mais gata	mais gatos	mais gatas
superlative	o mais gato gatíssimo	a mais gata gatíssima	os mais gatos gatíssimos	as mais gatas gatíssimas
augmentative	gatão	gatona	gatões	gatonas
diminutive	gatinho	gatinha	gatinhos	gatinhas

Further reading

• gato in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French gâteau.

Noun

gato

1. cake

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

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Spanish

gato

Etymology

From Late Latin cattus (compare Catalan gat, French chat, Italian gatto, Portuguese gato), possibly of ultimately Afroasiatic origin. See cat for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡato/, [ˈɡa.t̪o]

• Audio (Spain)

  (file)

Noun

gato m (plural gatos, feminine gata, feminine plural gatas)

1. cat (unspecified gender)

   Synonyms: felino, félido

2. tomcat, gib (male cat)
3. (Mexico) servant

   Synonyms: achichincle, servidor, sirviente, mozo, criado

4. C-clamp
5. jack (mechanical device)
6. (Mexico) tic-tac-toe

   Synonym: tres en línea

7. (colloquial) Madrilenian (a person from Madrid)

   Synonym: madrileño

Hyponyms

• abisinio (“Abyssinian cat”)
• azul ruso
• bosque de Noruega (“Norwegian forest cat”)
• cartujo (“Chartreux”)
• devon rex (“Devon Rex”)
• gato atigrado
• gato Bombay (“Bombay cat”)
• gato colorado
• gato común europeo (“European shorthair”)
• gato de Borneo
• Gato de Cheshire
• gato del desierto
• gato de Van (“Turkish van”)
• gato exótico (“Exotic Shorthair”)
• gato himalayo (“Himalayan cat”)
• gato himalayo (“Himalayan cat”)
• gato montés
• gato persa
• korat (“Korat”)
• Manx, gato Manx
• rex alemán (“German Rex”)
• siamés

 

Derived terms

• arena para gato
• buscarle tres pies al gato
• cuando el gato no está los ratones están de fiesta
• cuatro gatos
• dar gato por liebre
• de noche todos los gatos son pardos
• gatear
• gatillo
• gatito
• gato de espinas
• gato escaldado del agua fría huye
• gato solo
• gatuno
• haber gato encerrado
• la curiosidad mató al gato
• llevarse como el perro y el gato
• llevarse el gato al agua
• menta de gato
• pelagatos
• pie de gato
• ponerle el cascabel al gato
• sacar el ascua con la mano del gato
• uña de gato

 

Related terms

• gata

Anagrams

• gota
• toga

Further reading

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

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡatɔ/

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• gadawo

Verb

gato

1. (literary) third-person singular subjunctive of gadael

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gato	ato	ngato	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

Verb

gato

1. Soft mutation of cato.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cato	gato	nghato	chato
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.