pato

See also: Pato, pāto, and 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

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pátu

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

Anagrams

• atop, otap, tapo, taop

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Chamicuro

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato.

Noun

pato

1. duck

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish pato (“duck”).

Noun

pato

1. duck

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpato]

Noun

pato f

1. vocative singular of pata

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin patella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpato/
• Hyphenation: pa‧to
• Rhymes: -ato
• Audio:

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Noun

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

1. pan

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pato, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *padɜ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pato

1. dam, dike

Declension

Inflection of pato (Kotus type 1/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative		pato	padot
genitive		padon	patojen
partitive		patoa	patoja
illative		patoon	patoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pato	padot
accusative	nom.	pato	padot
	gen.	padon
genitive		padon	patojen
partitive		patoa	patoja
inessive		padossa	padoissa
elative		padosta	padoista
illative		patoon	patoihin
adessive		padolla	padoilla
ablative		padolta	padoilta
allative		padolle	padoille
essive		patona	patoina
translative		padoksi	padoiksi
instructive		—	padoin
abessive		padotta	padoitta
comitative		—	patoineen

Possessive forms of pato (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	patoni	patomme
2nd person	patosi	patonne
3rd person	patonsa

Derived terms

• padota
• patouma
• patoutua

 

Compounds

• hyydepato
• jokipato
• jääpato
• lohipato
• maapato
• patoallas
• patoaukko
• säännöstelypato

 

Anagrams

• paot

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpatʊ]

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 2006-2012.
• “pato” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “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.

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Ingrian

Noun

pato

1. dam

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Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato (“duck”).

Noun

pato

1. duck

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tu/

Noun

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

1. duck

Related terms

• patinho

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: patu
• Tok Pisin: pato

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Romani

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian pat (“bed”).

Noun

pato m (plural patura)

1. bed

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Spanish

Pato (duck)

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (páṭṭ), from Arabic بَطّ‎ (baṭṭ, “duck”), from Persian بت‎ (bat, “duck”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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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, Antilles, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Puerto Rico) homosexual, faggot

   Synonyms: marica, marico, maricón, puto

Derived terms

• patito, patico (diminutives)
• cola de pato
• pagar el pato
• pato almizclero
• pato arlequín
• pato colorado
• pato criollo
• pato de mar
• pato friso
• pato lilo
• pato silbador
• patoso
• patudo

 

Descendants

• → Cahuilla: paat
• → Cebuano: pato
• → Chamicuro: pato
• → Chavacano: pato
• → Classical Nahuatl: patox
• → Cora: puáatu
• → English: pato
• → Karao: pato
• → Maquiritari: jaatu
• → Oluta Popoluca: pa̱tu
• → O'odham: pa꞉do
• → Papantla Totonac: pá̱tux
• → San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: copáto
• → Tagalog: pato
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: öpöto

See also

• paro
• paso

• pata
• peto

• pito
• poto

• puto

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

pato (ma class, plural mapato)

1. acquisition
2. achievement
3. earning

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato (“duck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.tɔ/

Noun

pato

1. duck (animal)

Related terms

• bibe

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Tahitian

Verb

pato

1. break out

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Portuguese pato.

Noun

pato

1. duck

Derived terms

• pato man