aqui há gato
Portuguese
Etymology
Literally, “there's a cat in here”.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈki ˈa ˈɡa.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈki ˈa ˈɡa.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈki ˈa ˈɡa.tu/ [ɐˈki ˈa ˈɣa.tu]
Phrase
- (Portugal, idiomatic) I smell a rat; there's something fishy
- Synonyms: (Brazil) tem caroço nesse angu, (Portugal) cheirar a esturro
Further reading
- “aqui há gato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026