gateira
Portuguese, noun/ɡaˈte(j).ɾɐ/
gateira is spelled G-A-T-E-I-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 162,831st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gateira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cat door, cat flap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of gateiro. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “buraco para passagem dos gatos”.
What does gateira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecat door, cat flap
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of gateiro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. buraco para passagem dos gatos 2. fresta no telhado para ventilação ou iluminação 3. buraco no pé das paredes dos campos cultivados para passagem das águas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gateira
- gateiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gateira?
- Brazil /ɡaˈte(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ɡaˈte(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /ɡɐˈtɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gateira in Portuguese?
gateira appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).