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gatuno

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish gatuno (catlike).[1][2]

Adjective

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

  1. light-fingered

Noun

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gatuno m (plural gatunos)

  1. thief, pilferer
    Synonym: ladrão
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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gatuno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gatunar

References

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  1. ^ gatuno”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. ^ gatuno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025

Spanish

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Etymology

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From gato +‎ -uno.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. catlike
  2. (relational) cat

Descendants

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  • Portuguese: gatuno

Further reading

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