gato

Galician

Etymology

From 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)

1. cat

Related terms

• gata

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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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Portuguese

gato-siamês

Etymology

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

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 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. (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), possibly of ultimately Afro-Asiatic origin. See cat for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡato/, [ˈɡat̪o]

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

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

• gatito
• gatuno

Related terms

• gata

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.