pateta
See also: patèta
French
Pronunciation
Verb
pateta
- third-person singular past historic of pateter
Portuguese
Etymology
Perhaps borrowed from Spanish pateta, from pata. Unrelated to patético.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /paˈtɛ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /paˈtɛ.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐˈtɛ.tɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
- Hyphenation: pa‧te‧ta
Noun
pateta m or f by sense (plural patetas)
- fool
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
- dimwit, dummy
Derived terms
- patetar
Adjective
pateta m or f (plural patetas)
- silly, goofy
- stupid
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
Further reading
- “pateta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “pateta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “pateta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “pateta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026