cata-vento

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === catavento === Etymology === From cata (“gathers”) +‎ vento (“wind”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ẽtu Hyphenation: ca‧ta-ven‧to === Noun === cata-vento m (plural cata-ventos) weather vane (a device showing the direction of the wind) Synonym: anemoscópio windmill; pinwheel (child’s toy) (Brazil) water-pumping windmill === Noun === cata-vento m or f by sense (plural cata-ventos) (figuratively) fickle person, who often changes their opinion === References === === Further reading === “cata-vento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cata-vento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026