{"id":190,"date":"2008-04-03T19:54:24","date_gmt":"2008-04-03T23:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=190"},"modified":"2014-07-18T18:10:48","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T18:10:48","slug":"more-than-just-a-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/more-than-just-a-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"More than just a cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Brazilian Portuguese, the word &#8220;<b>gato<\/b>&#8221; has three very different meanings.<\/p>\n<div align=\"right\"><\/div>\n<p>1. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cat<\/span><br \/>\nExample: <i>A velinha tem cinco gatos.<\/i><br \/>\nThe old lady has five cats.<\/p>\n<p>2. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cute, hot, or attractive person<\/span><br \/>\nExamples: <i>Seu irm\u00e3<\/i><i>o \u00e9<\/i><i> t<\/i><i>\u00e3<\/i><i>o gato!<\/i><br \/>\nYour brother is so cute!<\/p>\n<p><i>Eu acho ela muito gata.<\/i><br \/>\nI think she&#8217;s really hot.<\/p>\n<p>3. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Stolen\/illegal<\/span> (usually referring to a service, like TV or electricity)<\/p>\n<p>Examples: <i>A eletricidade na favela \u00e9<\/i><i> gata; ningu\u00e9<\/i><i>m paga por ela.<\/i><br \/>\nThe electricity in the favela is stolen; no one pays for it.<\/p>\n<p><i>Eu vejo a TV de gra\u00e7<\/i><i>a porque o cabo \u00e9<\/i><i> gato.<\/i><br \/>\nI watch TV for free because my cable&#8217;s illegal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Brazilian Portuguese, the word &#8220;gato&#8221; has three very different meanings. 1. Cat Example: A velinha tem cinco gatos. The old lady has five cats. 2. Cute, hot, or attractive person Examples: Seu irm\u00e3o \u00e9 t\u00e3o gato! Your brother is so cute! Eu acho ela muito gata. I think she&#8217;s really hot. 3. Stolen\/illegal (usually&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/more-than-just-a-cat\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1851],"tags":[2159],"class_list":["post-190","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-learning","tag-gato"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5428,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions\/5428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}