pata
/ˈpata/ · B1 · noun · f
paw
🐾 Sounds like pat-pat, the sound a dog's paws make on the floor
Pata is probably onomatopoeic, from a pat-pat footstep sound, and is related to English patter. It covers animal paws and furniture legs. Used for a human leg it sounds rude, as in meter la pata (to put your foot in it).