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Cat in Spanish

“Cat” in Spanish is el gato: a masculine noun, pronounced /ˈɡa.to/.

A short-haired orange cat lies asleep on a sofa in the living room of a Bolivian home, with its paws tucked in and its eyes closed.
el gato /ˈɡa.to/ · masculine noun Hear the word

In a sentence

Un gato anaranjado está acostado y durmiendo en el sofá.

An orange cat is lying down and sleeping on the sofa.

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Grammar note

It's masculine: el gato, los gatos. A female cat is la gata, and a kitten is un gatito.

How to remember it

Gato starts like got. Picture the orange gato in the photo: it got the sofa all to itself.

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