vato

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English

Etymology

From Spanish vato, ultimately from chivato. Term is mostly used by people from northwest Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora, Chihuahua, Baja California).

Noun

vato (plural vatos)

  1. (Chicano, slang) Hispanic youth; guy; dude

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French ouate and German Watte. Compare Polish wata (“cotton wool”), Russian вата (vata, “cotton wool, glass wool, drugstore cotton”), Italian ovatto (“cotton wool, wadding”), English wad (“amorphous mass”).

Noun

vato (accusative singular vaton, plural vatoj, accusative plural vatojn)

  1. cotton wool

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English watt, named after Scottish engineer James Watt. Compare Italian, Portuguese, and French watt, German Watt, Yiddish וואַט (vat), Polish wat, Russian ватт (vatt).

Noun

vato (accusative singular vaton, plural vatoj, accusative plural vatojn)

  1. watt
    Synonyms: ŭato, vatto
Derived terms

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu (compare Cebuano bato, Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Hiligaynon bato, Ilocano bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malay batu, Maori whatu, Sundanese batu, Tagalog bato).

Noun

vato

  1. rock, stone, cobble

Pali

Alternative forms

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Noun

vato

  1. nominative singular of vata (“religious duty”)

Spanish

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Etymology

According to the Chicano poet Luis Alberto Urrea, the word originated in Pachuco slang of the 1940s, and is derived from "the once-common friendly insult chivato or goat."

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbato/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: va‧to

Noun

vato m (plural vatos, feminine vata, feminine plural vatas)

  1. (Chicano, slang) Male Hispanic youth; guy; dude; boyfriend; significant other

Usage notes

  • This term may be used with intimate friends or as a derogatory reference. In some contexts, the term has gang connotations. The feminine form, vata, is also used by Chicano prostitutes to refer to a woman who owes them money.

Derived terms

  • vato loco (“gangster, gangbanger”, literally “crazy dude”)

References

  1. ^ Urrea, Luis Alberto with José Galvez, photographer (2000) Vatos, El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, →ISBN

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

vato

  1. stone
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