alcateia

== Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Arabic الْقَطِيعَ (al-qaṭīʕa, “herd”). ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: al‧ca‧tei‧a ==== Noun ==== alcateia f (plural alcateias) (collective) wolfpack (collective noun for wolves) Meronym: lobo (by extension, collective) a pack of any fierce beast or being (figurative, collective) gang (a group of criminals or wrongdoers working together) Synonyms: bando, gangue, quadrilha Meronyms: bandido, criminoso, malfeitor (Brazil, military, collective) a fleet of military submarines Synonym: matilha Meronym: submarino ===== Alternative forms ===== alcatéia (Brazil, pre-1990 spelling) ===== Derived terms ===== alcatear === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: al‧ca‧tei‧a ==== Verb ==== alcateia inflection of alcatear: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === References === === Further reading === “alcateia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026