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I agree, but that is what makes portugues such a nice language: all the double-meanings
Maybe, there is another meaning to all the Duo lingo sentences that are really stupid. Maybe Duo is trying to tell us something. Duo is an owl, so he can't speak. But in the courses, he's trying to tell us something. OMG!!!!! WHAT COULD IT BE!!!!
"Gata" here is related, not to the animal, but to a girl who is really beautiful. It's a slang.maybe this is the why they have used "babe"
When I wrote ¨she is beautiful¨ it was not accepted, even though as you say it is related to a girl who is really beautiful. I wonder if duolingo would accept ¨She is a knockout¨?
It's like you say "foxy lady" in English. Or in my native language -- Norwegian -- the word for grouse is used (yes, the bird living in the mountains, in the hen family with pheasants etc.) It's even combineable with other words, e.g. 30 years ago people would say "exhaust grouse" about a babe who was riding with MC blokes :-)
Explain what exactly? In Portuguese, "uma gata" (i.e. a feminine cat) is used as slang for a hot girl similar to "foxy lady" in English. (A cat is very elegant and graceful, maybe with a certain attitude. I suppose that's the origin.)
So, you know how people go grrr in a romantic way, thats what it means..sorta (hope it helps)
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You are sure. In portugueseId (BR) we say : É uma gata, when to reffer animals, without the pronoun. Idiomatic expression. : Ela é uma gata (we use to saying that a woman, a girl is a beauty, pretty.
This bot may have a bad audio but Duo takes our suggestions seriously! And it seems they update fairlty often. (This sentence now takes fox!) Thanks Duo!!
So ... can someone please tell me if I can use gata as a compliment or it will be taken as a disrespectful word... like, menina, você é uma gata.... slap
If you call a girl you don't know as a gata, probably she wouldn't like it (depending on the situation and the person, I suppose). But it's ok in conversations with friends to say a girl is a "gata" or a boy is a "gato", so talking about someone else, that's fine... but saying this directly to the person, be aware.
Obrigado meu gatinha amiga! (no bullying intended) now it's clear to me... ;)
It probably depends on the woman and how well that you know her. It's like if you told a woman "You're a fox" or "You're a foxy lady". Jimi Hendrix could get away with it. ☺
Got it! ;) I'll use that "foxy lady" stuff wisely. By the way, here in Mexico we use the same word "gato/gata" to describe an ugly-undesirable person.
I also have the same question as you guys have. Why is gata a babe? Is cat now a slang for a hot girl?
Obrigado! :) Thanks for affirming my guess. Portuguese has tons of idiomatic expressions using animals. Haha! :)
NO, not really. You'll learn these nuances through the lessons, but not a particular skill =/
In English a cat is a cat. It is a cat. Discussion of its sex would come later, if relevant.
But just as "gata" = "babe" in Portuguese, "fox" = "babe" in English. This sentence cannot be translated word for word because it's an idiomatic expression.
Hi, I think because they tend to blend the words. Time will come that you get accustom to it. :) It sounded like euma to me instead of e uma. :)
In english, but in portuguese animals are referred as he and she (because we don't have a "It"). And look, remember those strange "I am a bird" phrases? Well, that's probably the case here, it's talking about a person, a girl. And since in portuguese, "gata" can mean both the animal and a slang for a beautiful girl, then they have to consider the translation of Ela as She.
Certainly a cat CAN be a She in English. But a cat can also be an It, so they should accept that too.
Animals are refered at with IT. And, whenever is related to a person in spanish, is vulgar. This is wrong!
In english, but in portuguese animals are referred as he and she (because we don't have a "It"). And look, remember those strange "I am a bird" phrases? Well, that's probably the case here, it's talking about a person, a girl. And since in portuguese, "gata" can mean both the animal and a slang for a beautiful girl, then they have to consider the translation of Ela as She.
