jato

See also: JATO

English

Etymology

Initialism of jet-assisted takeoff.

Noun

jato (plural jatos)

1. An auxiliary jet engine in a detachable unit that provides extra power for the takeoff of an aircraft
2. A takeoff assisted by such a unit
3. A RATO unit or RATO takeoff - a rocket assisted take-off

Anagrams

• jota

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjato]

Participle

jato

1. neuter singular passive participle of jmout

Italian

Noun

jato m (plural jati)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of iato

Anagrams

• jota

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒa.tu/

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: ja‧to

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin iactus. Doublet of jeito.

Alternative forms

• jacto (pre-1990 spelling)

Noun

jato m (plural jatos)

1. jet (impetuous outflow of a liquid or gas)

   Synonyms: esguicho, jorro

2. hurling, throwing
3. throw (what is thrown at once)
4. flash (sudden emission of a beam of light)
5. flow, wave (sudden displacement of liquid or fluid)

   Synonyms: fluxo, onda

6. jet (a stream of fluid escaping from an orifice or other constriction, usually under pressure, as in the exhaust of certain aircraft engines)
7. jet (jet-powered aircraft)

   Synonyms: a jato, avião a jato

8. flame (long tongue of fire)
9. feces (defecation of defecated matter)
10. (figuratively) impetus, impulse (sudden manifestation)
11. (figuratively) quick thinking, sudden understanding

Derived terms

adverbs

• de jato
• de um jato

nouns

• lavo-jato m

Related terms

nouns

• jateamento m

verbs

• jatear

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Kabuverdianu jato.

Noun

jato m or f by sense (plural jatos)

1. (Cape Verde) idiot (person of little action)

Further reading

• “jato” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “jato”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “jato”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “jato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ěto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jâto/
• Hyphenation: ja‧to

Noun

jȁto n (Cyrillic spelling ја̏то)

1. flock (of birds, fish or insects)

Declension

Declension of jato

	singular	plural
nominative	jȁto	jata
genitive	jata	jȃtā
dative	jatu	jatima
accusative	jato	jata
vocative	jato	jata
locative	jatu	jatima
instrumental	jatom	jatima

Further reading

• “jato”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jâto/
• Hyphenation: ja‧to

Noun

jȁto n (Cyrillic spelling ја̏то)

1. (regional, archaic) leeward

   Synonym: zavjetrina

Declension

Declension of jato

	singular	plural
nominative	jato	jata
genitive	jata	jata
dative	jatu	jatima
accusative	jato	jata
vocative	jato	jata
locative	jatu	jatima
instrumental	jatom	jatima

Further reading

• “jato”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “sense 2 seems to come from Quechua”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxato/ [ˈxa.t̪o]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: ja‧to

Noun

jato m (plural jatos)

1. calf (young cow or bull)

   Synonym: ternero

2. (Peru, slang) house

   Synonym: casa

Further reading

• “jato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “jato”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	jato
Brazilian standard	fato
New Tribes	jato

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hʷato]

Postposition

jato

1. on the other side of

Derived terms

• aakö amojato
• aaköiche'a amojato
• aduwaawö amojato
• ijatode'a
• tooni amojato

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jato”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “jhaato”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI