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gota

drop

noun GOH-tah Rare
Body & Health Body Parts

Origin: From Latin gutta ('drop').

Also means

gout

Usage Note

Gota means a drop of liquid (una gota de lluvia) and also names the medical condition gout. The idiom ni gota means 'not a bit': no entiende ni gota ('she doesn't understand a thing'). The figurative phrase la gota que colmó el vaso means 'the last straw'.

Examples

"Cayó una sola gota de lluvia."

Natural Translation

A single drop of rain fell.

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