gato

Galician

Etymology

Latin cattus

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gato m (plural gatos)

1. cat

Derived terms

• gata

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Ladino

Etymology

From Late Latin cattus, of Afro-Asiatic origin.

Noun

gato m (Latin spelling, plural gatos)

1. cat

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Portuguese

gato-siamês

Etymology

From Old Portuguese gato, from Late Latin cattus, from Latin catta, from Late Egyptian čaute, feminine of caus (“jungle cat, African wildcat”), from earlier Egyptian tešau (“female cat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.tu/
• (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. (Brazil, slang) very handsome man
4. (Brazil, slang) an illegal connection to watch pay TV for free

Synonyms

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

Adjective

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

1. (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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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin cattus (compare Catalan gat, French chat, Italian gatto, Portuguese gato), of Afro-Asiatic origin. More at cat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.to/

Noun

gato m (plural gatos, feminine gata)

1. cat, tomcat (male or unspecified gender)
2. (Mexico) servant
3. G-clamp, C-clamp

Synonyms

• (cat): felino m, félido m
• (servant): achichincle m, servidor m

Derived terms

• cuatro gatos
• dar gato por liebre
• gatear verb
• gatillo m

• gatito m
• gatuno

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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.