gata
Meaning
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- (feminine) female cat
- (feminine,slang) very beautiful woman
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ga‧ta
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡa.tɐ/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese gata, from Late Latin catta.
New
gatar
- (Portugal,literary,slang) to fail, to flunk(an exam)
- (Portugal,literary,slang) to fail, to flunk (a course)
- (Portugal) to make a mistake, to go wrong
- (Portugal) to repair (a ceramic piece) by means of wires (gatos)
- (Portugal) to shape (a vessel) into a curve by means of an iron utensil (gato)
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