gaiato

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin (baculus) *caiatus (“cudgel-like (stick)”), from Latin caia (“cudgel”). The form (with medial i instead of expected j) may be due to influence from Mozarabic or Aragonese. Compare Spanish cayado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡəˈja.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡəˈja.to]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ɡaˈja.to]

Noun

gaiato m (plural gaiatos)

1. shepherd's crook

Derived terms

• gaiata

Further reading

• “gaiato” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡajˈa.tu/ [ɡaɪ̯ˈa.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡajˈa.tu/ [ɡaɪ̯ˈa.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡajˈa.to/ [ɡaɪ̯ˈa.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡajˈa.tu/, /ɡajˈja.tu/

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: gai‧a‧to

Etymology 1

Adjective

gaiato (feminine gaiata, masculine plural gaiatos, feminine plural gaiatas)

1. funny, playful

   Synonyms: alegre, divertido, brincalhão

2. sneaky (taking advantages of others for one's own benefit)

Noun

gaiato m (plural gaiatos, feminine gaiata, feminine plural gaiatas)

1. a person displaying the characteristics above
   1. a funny person

      Synonym: palhaço

   2. a trickster, a crook

      Synonym: malandro

Related terms

• gaiatice
• gaiatar
• agaiatado

Etymology 2

Verb

gaiato

1. first-person singular present indicative of gaiatar