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, of 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 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.