fato

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Galician

Etymology 1

Circa 1300. Probably from Proto-Germanic *fatą: compare Old High German faz (“container; vessel”), Old Norse fat (“vessel; cover; blanket; garment”), English fat (“container; vessel; vat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfato̝/

Noun

fato m (plural fatos)

1. herd, flock, group

   Os desa vila non son máis que un fato de borrachos!

   That town's people are but a group of drunkards!

   • 1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 134:

     Jupiter se fezo caudillo da grey -et grey se entende aqui por ovellas ou grey de fato dellas, et caudillo por carneyro

     Jupiter became leader of the flock - and flock here means sheep or flock of group of them, and leader means ram

Derived terms

• afatar (“to harness, rig; to gather, put togther”)
• fatelo (“piece of clothing”)

Etymology 2

From Latin fatuus (“foolish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfato̝/

Adjective

fato m (feminine singular fata, masculine plural fatos, feminine plural fatas)

1. foolish, fatuous
2. annoying

References

• “fato” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “fato” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “fato” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “fato” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Istriot

Etymology

From Latin factus.

Adjective

fato

1. done, made

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin fātum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaː.to/

Noun

fato m (plural fati)

1. fate, destiny

Related terms

• fatidico

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Latin

Participle

fatō

1. dative masculine singular of fatus
2. dative neuter singular of fatus
3. ablative masculine singular of fatus
4. ablative neuter singular of fatus

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Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin factum.

Noun

fato m (plural fatos)

1. fact (sometimes which is real)

Derived terms

• de fato

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Portuguese

fatos

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.tu/
• Hyphenation: fa‧to

Etymology 1

Uncertain, but likely from a Proto-Germanic [Term?] root *fat- (Old High German faz (“garment”)), such as Gothic *𐍆𐌰𐍄𐌰 (*fata). Compare Spanish hato (Old Spanish fato).

Noun

fato m (plural fatos)

1. a set of clothing traditionally worn together, such as a uniform or national costume

   Synonym: traje

2. (Portugal) suit (formal clothing, male or female)

   Synonym: terno (Brazil)

3. (Portugal) entrails (internal organs of an animal, especially the intestines)

   Synonym: entranhas

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:fato.

Derived terms

• fato de surf

Etymology 2

Alteration of facto. From Latin factum. Doublet of feito.

Alternative forms

• facto (Portugal)

Noun

fato m (plural fatos)

1. (Brazil) fact (something which is real)

Derived terms

• de fato

Related terms

• factício
• factível
• factoide
• factual
• fazer
• feito

 

Etymology 3

Unknown, but likely ultimately from Arabic [Term?].

Noun

fato m (plural fatos)

1. (collective) a small herd of goats; a flock

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Spanish

Adjective

fato (feminine singular fata, masculine plural fatos, feminine plural fatas)

1. Alternative spelling of fatuo