fazer gato-sapato

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Etymology[edit]

Literally, to make cat-shoe. From the action of the player in the gato-sapato game.

Verb[edit]

fazer gato-sapato (first-person singular present faço gato-sapato, first-person singular preterite fiz gato-sapato, past participle feito gato-sapato)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive with de) to humiliate, to play or to treat someone with despise
    Synonym: fazer de gato e sapato
    • Rui Frias (2019 April 9) “Os Fab Three de Liverpool: o arco Firmino e as flechas Salah e Mané”, in Diário de Notícias[1] (in Portuguese):Naquela altura, o letal trio ofensivo do Liverpool fez gato-sapato da melhor equipa portuguesa []At that time, Liverpool's lethal attacking trio humiliated the best Portuguese team []

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