patota
Catalan
Etymology
From French patte or Spanish pata.
Pronunciation
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
Noun
patota f (plural patotas)
- cheat, trick (unfair act or advantage)
- Synonym: trapaça
- untrustworthy business
- (colloquial) mob, gang
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
patota f (plural patotas)
- (Latin America) mob, gang
- 2016 December, “Y quién cuida al Presidente”, in Clarin[1]:
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “patota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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