to die, to kick the bucket
O bicho de estimação bateu a caçuleta de velhice.
The pet kicked the bucket from old age.
Caçoleta (the standard form) is thought to have entered Portuguese via French cassolette and has referred to the small priming pan of an old flintlock, which held priming powder.
Source: Ciberdúvidas — Bater a caçoleta.
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