gato

From Old Portuguese gato, from Late Latin cattus. See cat for more.

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

gato m (plural gatos)

1. cat

• gata

From Late Latin cattus. See cat for more.

gato m (Latin spelling, plural gatos)

1. cat

From French gâteau

gato

1. cake

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

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.tu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.to/
• Hyphenation: ga‧to

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

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

• gata

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

1. (informal, of a person) physically attractive

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

From French gâteau.

gato

1. cake

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

From Late Latin cattus (compare Catalan gat, French chat, Italian gatto, Portuguese gato), possibly of ultimately Afro-Asiatic origin. See cat for more.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡato/, [ˈɡat̪o]

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

1. cat (unspecified gender)

   Synonyms: felino, félido

2. tomcat (male cat)
3. (Mexico) servant

   Synonyms: achichincle, servidor, sirviente, mozo, criado

4. G-clamp, C-clamp
5. jack (mechanical device)
6. (Mexico) tic-tac-toe

   Synonym: tres en línea

7. (colloquial) Madrilenian (a person from Madrid)

   Synonym: madrileño

• gata

• gota
• toga

• “gato” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡatɔ/

• gadawo

gato

1. (literary) third-person singular subjunctive of gadael

gato

1. Soft mutation of cato.