gatuno

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtũ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈtu.nu/

• Rhymes: -unu
• Hyphenation: ga‧tu‧no

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Spanish gato

Spanish -uno

Spanish gatunobor.

Portuguese gatuno

Borrowed from Spanish gatuno (“catlike”).

Adjective

gatuno (feminine gatuna, masculine plural gatunos, feminine plural gatunas)

1. light-fingered

Noun

gatuno m (plural gatunos)

1. thief, pilferer

   Synonym: ladrão

Derived terms

• gatunagem
• gatunar
• gatunice
• gatunismo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gatuno

1. first-person singular present indicative of gatunar

Further reading

• “gatuno”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From gato + -uno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtuno/ [ɡaˈt̪u.no]
• Rhymes: -uno
• Syllabification: ga‧tu‧no

Adjective

gatuno (feminine gatuna, masculine plural gatunos, feminine plural gatunas)

1. catlike
2. (relational) cat

Descendants

• → Portuguese: gatuno

Further reading

• “gatuno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025