gotera

Catalan

Etymology

Fromgota+‎-era.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central)[ɡuˈte.ɾə]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic)[ɡoˈte.ɾə]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ɡoˈte.ɾa]

Noun

goteraf(pluralgoteres)

1. leak(hole through which water enters)

   Synonym:degoter

2. hole(especially in a floor or ceiling)

   Synonyms:esquerda,forat

Related terms

• degotar

Further reading

• “gotera”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gotera”inDiccionari català-valencià-balear,Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Fromgota+‎-era.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɡoˈteɾa/[ɡoˈt̪e.ɾa]
• Rhymes:-eɾa
• Syllabification:go‧te‧ra

Noun

goteraf(pluralgoteras)

1. leak(hole which lets escape a fluid)
   • 2022April 20, Álvaro Sánchez, “Netflix se desmorona en Bolsa casi un 40% ahogada por la competencia y las contraseñas compartidas”, inEl País‎^[1]:

     Pero parece claro que deberá ir más allá para tratar de monetizar los usuarios que no le reportan ingresos, una de lasgoterasque 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 theleaky pointsthat they will seek to cover in order to recover their lost verve.

2. gutter
3. (in theplural)outskirts,surroundings

Derived terms

• goterón

Related terms

• gota
• gotear

Further reading

• “gotera”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy[Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10