pateta

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: patetas, patetât

Verb

pateta

1. third-person singular past historic of pateter

Portuguese

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from Spanish pateta, from pata.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈtɛ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈtɛ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈtɛ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈtɛ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧te‧ta

Noun

pateta m or f by sense (plural patetas)

1. fool

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

2. dimwit, dummy

Derived terms

• patetar

 

Adjective

pateta m or f (plural patetas)

1. silly, goofy
2. stupid

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

Further reading

• “pateta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “pateta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024