gotera

Catalan

Etymology

From gota ‎ -era.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gotera f (plural goteres)

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” 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)

1. 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^[1]:

     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.

2. gutter
3. (in the plural) outskirts, surroundings

Derived terms

• goterón

 

Related terms

• gota
• gotear

 

Further reading

• “gotera”, in Diccionario 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