gaiato

From Vulgar Latin (baculus) *caiatus (“cudgel-like (stick)”), from Latin caia (“cudgel”). The form (with medial i instead of expected j) may be due to influence from Mozarabic or Aragonese. Compare Spanish cayado.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡəˈja.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡəˈja.to]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡaˈja.to]

gaiato m (plural gaiatos)

1. shepherd's crook

• gaiata

• “gaiato”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: gai‧a‧to

gaiato (feminine gaiata, masculine plural gaiatos, feminine plural gaiatas)

1. funny, playful

   Synonyms: alegre, divertido, brincalhão

2. sneaky (taking advantages of others for one's own benefit)

gaiato m (plural gaiatos, feminine gaiata, feminine plural gaiatas)

1. a person displaying the characteristics above
   1. a funny person

      Synonym: palhaço

   2. a trickster, a crook

      Synonym: malandro

• agaiatado
• gaiatar
• gaiatice
• entrar de gaiato

gaiato

1. first-person singular present indicative of gaiatar