spanish word for cat
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Spanish word for Cat or Kitten
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updated Feb 13, 2012
posted by b0uu135u3
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Cat
Noun (domestic animal) gato, -ta m,f; (lion, tiger) felino m; the big cats los felinos mayores;
Kitten
Gatito, -ta m,f;
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updated Feb 11, 2012
edited by Eddy
posted by Eddy
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El gatito, or specifically if known to be a female kitten, la gatita, is pronounced by rolling a ¨Ha¨ sound in the back of the throat in a guttural manner for the ¨ga¨, a sharp "t", then an extended "ee"for "i", ending in a short "to"as in "toe".
updated Feb 13, 2012
posted by juanito11
'r' before 'a' is not guteral, in fact, it's very similar to the "hard 'g'" of English. - samdie, Feb 11, 2012
@juanito - you are describing how to pronounce "g" only when it's followed by e or i. That's not the case here. - pesta, Feb 11, 2012
The "g" sound that we call soft is the same as the one you call hard in English: the one in "gate". - lazarus1907, Feb 11, 2012
I refer to Castillian Spanish where the "G" sound is not at all like the English "G· as in Gate in this case. - juanito11, Feb 13, 2012
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How do you pronounce Gatota? Am I supposed to put el gatota or la gatota, as in the Cat?
updated Feb 11, 2012
posted by b0uu135u3
It's el gato (male cat) or la gata (female cat), not gatota. - Eddy, Feb 11, 2012
