cagueta

Portuguese

Etymology 1

See caguete.

Alternative forms

• caguete
• cagüeta (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡwe.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡwe.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡwe.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɡwe.tɐ/ [kɐˈɣwe.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: ca‧gue‧ta

Noun

cagueta m or f by sense (plural caguetas)

1. (Brazil, slang) snitch, informer

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• cagüeta (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡwɛ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡwɛ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡwɛ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɡwɛ.tɐ/ [kɐˈɣwɛ.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: ca‧gue‧ta

Verb

cagueta

1. inflection of caguetar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɡeta/ [kaˈɣ̞e.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ca‧gue‧ta

Noun

cagueta f (plural caguetas)

1. (vulgar) chicken, wuss (coward)

   Synonyms: cagado, cagón, cobarde, gallina

Further reading

• “cagueta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014