cagueta

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

See caguete.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡwe.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡwe.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɡwe.tɐ/

Hyphenation: ca‧gue‧ta

Noun

cagueta m or f by sense (plural caguetas)

(Brazil, slang) snitch, informer

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

cagüeta (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡwɛ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡwɛ.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɡwɛ.tɐ/

Hyphenation: ca‧gue‧ta

Verb

cagueta

inflection of caguetar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈɡeta/
Rhymes: -eta
Syllabification: ca‧gue‧ta

Noun

cagueta f (plural caguetas)

(vulgar) chicken, wuss (coward)
Synonyms: cagado, cagón, cobarde, gallina

Further reading

“cagueta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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