gatuno

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

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

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

  1. light-fingered

Noun

gatuno m (plural gatunos)

  1. thief, pilferer
    Synonym: ladrão
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gatuno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gatunar

References

  1. ^ “gatuno”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “gatuno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From gato +‎ -uno.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. catlike
  2. (relational) cat

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: gatuno

Further reading

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