gatuno

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtũ.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtu.no/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈtu.nu/

Hyphenation: ga‧tu‧no

Adjective

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

light-fingered

Noun

gatuno m (plural gatunos)

thief, pilferer
Synonym: ladrão

References

“gatuno” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“gatuno” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Verb

gatuno

first-person singular present indicative of gatunar

Spanish

Adjective

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

catlike
(relational) cat

Descendants

→ Portuguese: gatuno

Further reading

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

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