cagueta

Portuguese

Etymology 1

See caguete.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡwe.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡwe.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɡwe.tɐ/ [kɐˈɣwe.tɐ]

Hyphenation: ca‧gue‧ta

Noun

cagueta m or f by sense (plural caguetas)

(Brazil, slang) snitch, informer

Alternative forms

cagüeta (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡwɛ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡwɛ.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɡwɛ.tɐ/ [kɐˈɣwɛ.tɐ]

Hyphenation: ca‧gue‧ta

Verb

cagueta

inflection of caguetar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈɡeta/ [kaˈɣ̞e.t̪a]
Rhymes: -eta
Syllabification: ca‧gue‧ta

Noun

cagueta f (plural caguetas)

(vulgar) chicken, wuss (coward)
Synonyms: cagado, cagón, cobarde, gallina

Further reading

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

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