Polyglot Dictionary

rato

/ˈxatu/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os ratos

Meaning

  1. mouse

    • Um rato correu.

      A mouse ran.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

camundongo

camundongo specifically means the smaller mouse species; rato is more general, can mean rat or mouse colloquially, typically a larger rodent.

Similar in other languages

German

Maus

Maus is the German word for the same thing — both mean "mouse."

Spanish

ratón

ratón is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "mouse."

French

souris

souris is the French word for the same thing — both mean "mouse."

Practice

1 What does rato mean?

2 Fill the gap: Um ___ correu.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches rato?

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