patota

Catalan

Etymology

From French patte or Spanish pata.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈtɔ.tə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [paˈtɔ.ta]

Noun

patota f (plural patotes)

(card games) cheat, trick

Further reading

“patota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈtɔ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈtɔ.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈtɔ.tɐ/

Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
Hyphenation: pa‧to‧ta

Noun

patota f (plural patotas)

(Brazil) cheat, trick (unfair act or advantage)
Synonyms: batota, trapaça
(Brazil) untrustworthy business
(Brazil, colloquial) mob, gang
Synonym: gangue

Spanish

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paˈtota/ [paˈt̪o.t̪a]
Rhymes: -ota
Syllabification: pa‧to‧ta

Noun

patota f (plural patotas)

(Latin America) mob, gang
Synonyms: pandilla, mara, cuadrilla
- 2016 December, “Y quién cuida al Presidente”, in Clarin‎:
  Desde una parodia de juicio popular a periodistas en plaza de Mayo hasta una patota de Guillermo Moreno revoleando sillas en la Feria del Libro y otra dirigida por un amigo de Kicillof golpeando a Cavallo en la UCA.
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Derived terms

patotero

Further reading

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

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