In Portuguese, I find it funny that gato/gata could be someone attractive or a literal cat.

  • Mothra@mander.xyz
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    5 days ago

    In Spanish, gato is not necessarily attractive (though they usually are) but a cheap sex worker or a promiscuous seductress/tor.

    Potro (colt) is an attractive young man
    Yegua (mare) equivalent to bitch, an asshole woman
    Vaca (cow) same as in English, could be used for someone overweight or dumb
    Cerdo (pig) same as English, a filthy/fat person

    Marmota and burro (marmot and donkey resp.) someone dumb

    Vibora, buitre (snake, vulture resp.) toxic person
    Sapo, bicho (frog, bug resp.) someone ugly
    Mariposa (butterfly) allegedly or suspected to be gay

    Those are the first ones to pop into my mind but I’m sure there’s more

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      5 days ago

      Wondering what region of Spanish this is. I’m mexican and I know some of them but have never heard of others.

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        4 days ago

        Could be argentinian, at least it checks out. Every one of those is used over there, and the slang sounds about right.