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

Ladino

Etymology

From Late Latin cattus. See cat for more.

Noun

gato m (Latin spelling, plural gatos)

  1. cat

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French gâteau

Noun

gato

  1. cake

Reference

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

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

Adjective

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

  1. (of a person) physically attractive

Inflection

Further reading

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

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French gâteau.

Noun

gato

  1. cake

Reference

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

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

Derived terms

Further reading

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.
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