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cat



gato
gato


Definições

inglês > português
cat
     1. Substantivo. gato
     2. Substantivo. (Gíria) pessoa, cara
inglês > inglês
cat
     1. n. An animal of the family Felidae:
     2. n.          A domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
     3. n.          Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, etc.
     4. n. A person:
     5. n.          (offensive) A spiteful or angry woman.
     6. n.          An enthusiast or player of jazz.
     7. n.          (slang) A person (usually male).
     8. n.          (slang) A prostitute.
     9. n. (nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
     10. n. (chiefly nautical) Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.
     11. n. (archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
     12. n. (archaic) The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
     13. n.          The trap of the game of "trap and ball".
     14. n. (archaic) The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.
     15. n. (slang) A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.
     16. n. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.
     17. n. (historical) A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach enemy defences.
     18. v. (nautical, transitive) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
     19. v. (nautical, transitive) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
     20. v. (slang) To vomit something.
     21. n. A catamaran.
     22. n. (computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.
     23. v. (computing, transitive) To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
     24. v. (computing, slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
     25. adj. (Ireland, informal) Terrible, disastrous.
           The weather was cat, so they returned home early.
     26. n. (slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone.
     27. n. (military, naval) A catapult.
           a carrier's bow cats
     28. n. abbreviation of category
     29. n. A catfish.
     30. n. (slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
     31. n. A caterpillar drive vehicle (a ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks), especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
português > inglês
gato
     1. n-m. cat (domestic cat: Felis silvestris catus)
     2. n-m. (by extension) feline, felid, cat
     3. n-m. one of a number of utensils made of iron or similar material used to fix objects
     4. n-m. excess flesh on the upper part of riding animals
     5. n-m. (colloquial) very handsome person
     6. n-m. (Brazil, colloquial) an illegal connection to use electricity or watch pay TV for free
     7. n-m. (Brazil, colloquial) a petty thief
     8. n-m. (Brazil, colloquial) truck driver who rents boias-frias to work on farming
     9. n-m. (Alentejo) wineskin
     10. n-m. (Trás-os-Montes) error, mistake
     11. n-m. (Trás-os-Montes) lie (deliberately false statement)
     12. adj. (Brazil, informal, of a person) physically attractive
           Ela é muito gata. - She is very beautiful.

Pronúncia




Exemplos

Is there a cat under the table?
    Tem um gato debaixo da mesa?
This poor cat almost died of hunger.
    Este pobre gatinho quase morreu de fome.
I am a cat. I don't have a name yet.
    Sou um gato e ainda não tenho um nome.
Look what the cat dragged in.
    Olhe o que o gato arrastou para dentro.
Nobody ever found her cat.
    Ninguém jamais encontrou o gato dela.



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