gotera
Catalan
Etymology
From gota + -era.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ɡoˈte.ɾə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ɡuˈte.ɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ɡoˈte.ɾa/
Noun
gotera f (plural goteres)
- leak (hole through which water enters)
- Synonym: degoter
- hole (especially in a floor or ceiling)
- Synonyms: esquerda, forat
Related terms
- degotar
Further reading
- “gotera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “gotera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
From gota + -era.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡoˈteɾa/ [ɡoˈt̪e.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: go‧te‧ra
Noun
gotera f (plural goteras)
- leak (hole which lets escape a fluid)
- 2022 April 20, Álvaro Sánchez, “Netflix se desmorona en Bolsa casi un 40% ahogada por la competencia y las contraseñas compartidas”, in El País:
- Pero parece claro que deberá ir más allá para tratar de monetizar los usuarios que no le reportan ingresos, una de las goteras que buscará tapar para recuperar el brío perdido.
- But it seems clear that they will have to go further to try to monetize users who do not report incomes, one of the leaky points that they will seek to cover in order to recover their lost verve.
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- gutter
- (in the plural) outskirts, surroundings
Derived terms
- goterón
Related terms
- gota
- gotear
Further reading
- “gotera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014