gatil
Portuguese, noun/ɡaˈt͡ʃiw/
gatil is spelled G-A-T-I-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese, the 195,116th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gatil is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a kennel for cats” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lugar onde se criam gatos”.
What does gatil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea kennel for cats
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lugar onde se criam gatos
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 gatil
- gatis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gatil?
- Brazil /ɡaˈt͡ʃiw/
- Brazil [ɡaˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
- Portugal /ɡɐˈtil/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gatil in Portuguese?
gatil appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).