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