pato

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato (literally “duck”), since it was originally played with a live duck inside a basket instead of a ball.

Noun

pato (uncountable)

1. The national sport of Argentina, a game played on horseback that combines elements of polo and basketball.

Anagrams

• POTA, atop

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpato/,
• Hyphenation: pa‧to

Noun

páto (Basahan spelling ᜉᜆᜓ)

1. duck

   Synonym: itik

See also

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈpato/,

Noun

páto (Badlit spelling ᜉᜆᜓ)

1. a duck; any member of the ducks form taxon in the family "Anatidae"

   Synonym: itik

Anagrams

• atop, otap, tapo, taop

Chamicuro

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato.

Noun

pato

1. duck

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish pato (“duck”).

Noun

pato

1. duck

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

pato f

1. vocative singular of pata

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin patella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: pa‧to

Noun

pato (accusative singular paton, plural patoj, accusative plural patojn)

1. pan

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

pato

Wikipedia ^fi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pato, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *padɜ. Cognates include Erzya падо (pado).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑto/,
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧to

Noun

pato

1. dam, dike

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “pato”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• paot

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pato (13th century, Alfonso X), of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

pato m (plural patos, feminine pata, feminine plural patas)

1. duck; drake

   Synonyms: lavanco, parro, parrulo

References

• “pato” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “pato” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pato” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pato” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pato” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato (“duck”).

Noun

pato

1. duck

Niuean

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato (“duck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.to/,
• Hyphenation: pa‧to

Noun

pato

1. duck

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pato (“duck”), from Andalusian Arabic بَطّ (paṭṭ), from Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ, “duck”), from Persian بت (bat, “duck”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish pato and Swahili bata.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: pa‧to

Noun

pato m (plural patos, feminine pata, feminine plural patas)

1. duck
2. (specifically) drake (male duck)
3. (Brazil, figuratively) a naïve person

Derived terms

Descendants

Romani

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian pat (“bed”).

Noun

pato m (plural patura)

1. bed

Samoan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato (“duck”). Cognate of Tagalog pato.

Noun

pato

1. duck

Derived terms

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

pato

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بَطّ (paṭṭ), from Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ, “duck”), from Persian بت (bat, “duck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpato/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: pa‧to

Noun

pato m (plural patos, feminine pata, feminine plural patas)

1. duck, drake

   Synonym: ánade

   Hypernym: anseriforme

   Coordinate terms: ánsar, barnacla, cisne, ganso, oca, porrón, serreta

2. (vulgar, slang, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Puerto Rico) homosexual, faggot

   Synonyms: marica, marico, maricón, puto

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Further reading

• “pato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Etymology

From -pata (“to get”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

pato (ma class, plural mapato)

1. acquisition
2. achievement
3. income, earning

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato (“duck”), from Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ, “duck”), from Persian بت (bat, “duck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpato/,
• Hyphenation: pa‧to

Noun

pato (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜓ)

1. duck

See also

Further reading

• “pato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tahitian

Verb

pato

1. break out

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pato.

Noun

pato

1. duck

Derived terms

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.t̪o/

Verb

pato

1. (transitive) to strike (with an instrument)

Conjugation

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics