xato

See also: x-ato and xató

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chato, from Vulgar Latin plattus (“flattened”), from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈʃa.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈʃa.to]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈt͡ʃa.to]

Adjective

xato (feminine xata, masculine plural xatos, feminine plural xates)

1. curt, short

   Synonym: camús

2. pug-nosed

Derived terms

• nas xato

Further reading

• “xato” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “xato”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “xato” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “xato” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Xato

Xato

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750 (jato). Probably onomatopoeic. Compare Spanish choto and Asturian xatu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃato̝/

Noun

xato m (plural xatos, feminine xata, feminine plural xatas)

1. male calf

   Synonyms: becerro, cucho, cuxo, pucho

2. bull

   Synonyms: almallo, colludo

References

• “xato” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “xato” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “xato” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Uzbek

Etymology

From Arabic خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ). Compare Uyghur خاتا‎ (xata‎) and Turkish hata.

Noun

xato (plural xatolar)

1. error, mistake

Derived terms

• xatoli
• xatolik
• xatosiz