gatuno

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish gatuno (“catlike”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtũ.nu/

• (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)

1. light-fingered

Noun

gatuno m (plural gatunos)

1. thief, pilferer

   Synonym: ladrão

Etymology 2

Verb

gatuno

1. first-person singular present indicative of gatunar

Spanish

Adjective

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

1. catlike
2. (relational) cat

Descendants

• → Portuguese: gatuno

Further reading

• “gatuno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28