Also means
huddled
Usage Note
Quatto describes someone crouching low or pressed flat, typically to hide — usually in the idiom quatto quatto (very quietly, stealthily): se ne andò quatto quatto (he slipped away without a sound). It is rarely used outside this doubled form. The feminine is quatta, plural quatti/quatte.
Examples
"Se ne andò quatto quatto senza salutare."
Natural Translation
He slipped away without saying goodbye.
Literal Translation
He-went-away crouching-crouching without greeting.
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