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gato pingado

Portuguese, noun

gato pingado is spelled G-A-T-O-P-I-N-G-A-D-O (11 letters). Gato pingado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “undertaker (person who manages funerals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, gato-pingado is a different word: “funeral home worker responsible for burial ceremonies”.

What does gato pingado mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialmasculineundertaker (person who manages funerals)

  2. 2

    masculineslangany of a small number of people who are somewhere; one man and his dog

    Eu fui na festa mas só tinha uns dois gatos pingados lá.

noun

as gato-pingado
  1. 1

    masculinefuneral home worker responsible for burial ceremonies

  2. 2

    masculinehistorically and more specifically, the one who accompanied hearses with a torch

  3. 3

    informalmasculineeach of a few individuals who attended an event; often used in the phrase meia-dúzia de gatos-pingados

  4. 4

    derogatorymasculineuseless or worthless person

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of gato pingado

  • gatos pingados plural
  • gatos-pingados plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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