catita
Portuguese
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈt͡ʃi.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈt͡ʃi.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈti.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: ca‧ti‧ta
Noun
catita f (plural catitas)
- short-tailed opossum (any marsupial of the Monodelphis genus)
Adjective
catita m or f (plural catitas)
Further reading
- “catita”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “catita”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈtita/ [kaˈt̪i.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: ca‧ti‧ta
Noun
catita f (plural catitas)
- diminutive of cata
- austral parakeet (Enicognathus ferrugineus)
- monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
Further reading
- “catita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025