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gato

cat

noun GAH-toh Common
Animals & Nature Pets

Usage Note

gato is the masculine form; a female cat is una gata. Gato also names the car jack you use to change a tyre, and the idiom dar gato por liebre (literally give cat for hare) means to swindle someone.

Examples

"El gato duerme en el sofá."

Natural Translation

The cat sleeps on the couch.

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