gatonet
Portuguese, noun
gatonet is spelled G-A-T-O-N-E-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 150,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gatonet is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “collectively, illegal connections (gatos) to watch pay TV for free” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conexão não autorizada à rede de transmissão de sinal de TV paga da empresa Net”.
What does gatonet mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineslangcollectively, illegal connections (gatos) to watch pay TV for free
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conexão não autorizada à rede de transmissão de sinal de TV paga da empresa Net 2. conexão não autorizada à rede de transmissão de sinal de TV por assinatura
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.
How common is gatonet in Portuguese?
gatonet appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).