patota

From French patte or Spanish pata.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈtɔ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˈtɔ.ta]

patota f (plural patotes)

1. (card games) cheat, trick

• “patota”, 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: -ɔtɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧to‧ta

patota f (plural patotas)

1. (Brazil) cheat, trick (unfair act or advantage)

   Synonyms: batota, trapaça

2. (Brazil) untrustworthy business
3. (Brazil, colloquial) mob, gang

   Synonym: gangue

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• IPA^(key): /paˈtota/ [paˈt̪o.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: pa‧to‧ta

patota f (plural patotas)

1. (Latin America) mob, gang

   Synonyms: pandilla, mara, cuadrilla

   • 2016 December, “Y quién cuida al Presidente”, in Clarin‎^[1]:

     Desde una parodia de juicio popular a periodistas en plaza de Mayo hasta una patota de Guillermo Moreno revoleando sillas en la Feria del Libro y otra dirigida por un amigo de Kicillof golpeando a Cavallo en la UCA.

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• “patota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024