bola gato

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• bola-gato, bolagato

Etymology

From bola (“ball”) + gato (“cat”), referring to the perception that boquete (“blowjob”) can be roughly pronounced as English ball + cat.

Noun

bola gato m (plural bola gatos)

1. (Brazil, humorous, slang) Alternative form of boquete (“blowjob, oral sex”)
   • 1997, Gabriel O Pensador (lyrics and music), “2345meia78” (1:08 from the start), in Quebra-Cabeça‎^[1], Rio de Janeiro: Chaos Recordings:

     Deve tá com amnésia, vou pra letra "E": 2-bola-gato-69-bola-sete. É a bola da vez: Elizabete. Dizem as más línguas que ela é boa de (Alô!)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2008 November 25, “Jornal Jornal – Brasil Mulambo”, in Hermes e Renato, season 13, episode 8, spoken by Fausto Fanti (Wallace), São Paulo, via MTV Brasil:

     Cê gosta de bola gato?

     Dou you like [giving] blowjobs?

   • 2017 June 11, 1Kilo (lyrics and music), “O Máximo Ou Nada” (2:37 from the start), Rio de Janeiro:

     Na lapa, churrasco de espeto / Ganhei um bola gato

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• Usually seen as part of the longer phrase peixe bola gato.