gotera

From gota +‎ -era.

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

• Audio (Catalonia):

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gotera f (plural goteres)

1. leak (hole through which water enters)

   Synonym: degoter

2. hole (especially in a floor or ceiling)

   Synonyms: esquerda, forat

• degotar

• “gotera”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “gotera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From gota +‎ -era.

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

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

• “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], 10 December 2024