gatar

Meaning

  1. (Portugal,literary,slang) to fail, to flunk(an exam)
  2. (Portugal,literary,slang) to fail, to flunk (a course)
  3. (Portugal) to make a mistake, to go wrong
  4. (Portugal) to repair (a ceramic piece) by means of wires (gatos)
  5. (Portugal) to shape (a vessel) into a curve by means of an iron utensil (gato)

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡaˈta(ʁ)/
Etymology

From gata (“error (academic slang)”) + -ar or gato (“iron utensil, iron wire”) + -ar.

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