cuatro gatos

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, four cats.

Pronunciation

Noun

cuatro gatos m pl (plural only)Category:Spanish lemmas#CUATRO%20GATOSCategory:Spanish nouns#CUATRO%20GATOSCategory:Spanish multiword terms#CUATRO%20GATOSCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CUATRO%20GATOSCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#CUATRO%20GATOSCategory:Spanish pluralia tantum#CUATRO%20GATOSCategory:Pages with entries#CUATRO%20GATOSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CUATRO%20GATOS

  1. (idiomaticCategory:Spanish idioms#CUATRO%20GATOS, derogatoryCategory:Spanish derogatory terms#CUATRO%20GATOS) very few people, almost nobody; just one man and his dog
    éramos cuatro gatos viendo el concierto
    we were very few as an audience to the concert
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    a la inaguración fueron cuatro gatos
    almost nobody attended the inauguration
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  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cuatro, gatos.

Further reading

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