Polyglot Dictionary

gatuno

/ɡaˈtunu/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os gatunos

Meaning

  1. thief

    • Pegaram o gatuno.

      They caught the thief.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

ladrão

gatuno is more colloquial or literary, a sneaky petty thief; ladrão is the standard everyday word — both mean "thief."

Similar in other languages

German

Dieb

Dieb is the German word for the same thing — both mean "thief."

Spanish

ladrón

ladrón is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "thief."

Practice

1 What does gatuno mean?

2 Fill the gap: Pegaram o ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches gatuno?

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