# 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)
* The national sport of Argentina, a game played on horseback that combines elements of polo and basketball.

### Anagrams

* POTA, atop

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpato/ [ˈpa.to]
* Hyphenation: pa‧to

### Noun

páto (Basahan spelling ᜉᜆᜓ)
* duck
    Synonym: itik

#### See also

* naga

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pa‧to
* IPA: /ˈpato/ [ˈpa.t̪o]

### Noun

páto (Badlit spelling ᜉᜆᜓ)
* a duck; any member of the ducks form taxon in the family "Anatidae"
    Synonym: itik

### Anagrams

* atop, otap, tapo, taop

## Chamicuro
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato.

### Noun

pato
* duck

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish pato (“duck”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpato/, [ˈpa.t̪o]
* Hyphenation: pa‧to

### Noun

pato
* duck

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpato]

### Noun

pato f
* vocative singular of pata

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin patella.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpato]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ato
* Hyphenation: pa‧to

### Noun

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

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pato, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pada-w. Cognates include Erzya падо (pado).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑto/, [ˈpɑ̝t̪o̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑto
* Hyphenation: pa‧to

### Noun

pato
* dam, dyke/dike (structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or a part of it)
* weir, fishweir
    Synonyms: kalapato, lohipato

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pato (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
patoni
patoni
accusative
nom.
patoni
patoni
gen.
patoni
genitive
patoni
patojeni
partitive
patoani
patojani
inessive
padossani
padoissani
elative
padostani
padoistani
illative
patooni
patoihini
adessive
padollani
padoillani
ablative
padoltani
padoiltani
allative
padolleni
padoilleni
essive
patonani
patoinani
translative
padokseni
padoikseni
abessive
padottani
padoittani
instructive
comitative
—patoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
patosi
patosi
accusative
nom.
patosi
patosi
gen.
patosi
genitive
patosi
patojesi
partitive
patoasi
patojasi
inessive
padossasi
padoissasi
elative
padostasi
padoistasi
illative
patoosi
patoihisi
adessive
padollasi
padoillasi
ablative
padoltasi
padoiltasi
allative
padollesi
padoillesi
essive
patonasi
patoinasi
translative
padoksesi
padoiksesi
abessive
padottasi
padoittasi
instructive
comitative
—patoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
patomme
patomme
accusative
nom.
patomme
patomme
gen.
patomme
genitive
patomme
patojemme
partitive
patoamme
patojamme
inessive
padossamme
padoissamme
elative
padostamme
padoistamme
illative
patoomme
patoihimme
adessive
padollamme
padoillamme
ablative
padoltamme
padoiltamme
allative
padollemme
padoillemme
essive
patonamme
patoinamme
translative
padoksemme
padoiksemme
abessive
padottamme
padoittamme
instructive
comitative
—patoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
patonne
patonne
accusative
nom.
patonne
patonne
gen.
patonne
genitive
patonne
patojenne
partitive
patoanne
patojanne
inessive
padossanne
padoissanne
elative
padostanne
padoistanne
illative
patoonne
patoihinne
adessive
padollanne
padoillanne
ablative
padoltanne
padoiltanne
allative
padollenne
padoillenne
essive
patonanne
patoinanne
translative
padoksenne
padoiksenne
abessive
padottanne
padoittanne
instructive
comitative
—patoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
patonsa
patonsa
accusative
nom.
patonsa
patonsa
gen.
patonsa
genitive
patonsa
patojensa
partitive
patoaan patoansa
patojaan patojansa
inessive
padossaan padossansa
padoissaan padoissansa
elative
padostaan padostansa
padoistaan padoistansa
illative
patoonsa
patoihinsa
adessive
padollaan padollansa
padoillaan padoillansa
ablative
padoltaan padoltansa
padoiltaan padoiltansa
allative
padolleen padollensa
padoilleen padoillensa
essive
patonaan patonansa
patoinaan patoinansa
translative
padokseen padoksensa
padoikseen padoiksensa
abessive
padottaan padottansa
padoittaan padoittansa
instructive
comitative
—patoineen patoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* padota
* Patola
* patouma
* gravitaatiopato
* holvipato
* hyydepato
* jokipato
* jääpato
* kynnyspato
* lapinpato
* lohipato
* louhepato
* maapato
* majavapato
* myllypato
* patoallas
* patoaukko
* patojärvi
* patokaava
* patokalastus
* Patokoski
* patolaite
* patolampi
* patolevy
* patopaine
* patoputki
* Patosalmi
* pengerpato
* pohjapato
* rantapato
* suojapato
* säännöstelypato
* tulvapato
* työpato
* voimalaitospato
* vyöhykemaapato
* ylivuotopato

### References

* ↑ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “pato”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

### Further reading

* “pato”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* paot

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pato, borrowed from Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpato/ [ˈpa.t̪ʊ]
* Rhymes: -ato
* Hyphenation: pa‧to

### Noun

pato m (plural patos, feminine pata, feminine plural patas)
* duck; drake
    Synonyms: lavanco, parro, parrulo

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pato”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pato”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pato”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Karao
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato (“duck”).

### Noun

pato
* duck

## Masbatenyo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato (“duck”).

### Noun

pato
* duck

#### See also

* bibe
* itik

## Niuean
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato (“duck”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.to/, [ˈpɐto]
* Hyphenation: pa‧to

### Noun

pato
* duck

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ).
Cognate with Old Spanish pato.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpato/
* Rhymes: -ato
* Hyphenation: pa‧to

### Noun

pato m (plural patos, feminine pata, feminine plural patas)
* duck (any aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
    Synonym: ãade
* (strictly) drake (male duck)

#### Descendants

* Fala: patu
* Galician: pato
* Portuguese: pato (see there for further descendants)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pato”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pato”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.tu/
* Rhymes: -atu
* Hyphenation: pa‧to

### Noun

pato m (plural patos, feminine pata, feminine plural patas)
* duck (any aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
* (strictly) drake (male duck)
* (Brazil, figuratively) a naive person

#### Derived terms

* cair como um patinho
* mudar de pato para ganso
* pagar o pato
* patinho

#### Descendants

* Kabuverdianu: patu
* → Tok Pisin: pato

## Romani
### Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian pat (“bed”).

### Noun

pato m (plural patura)
* bed

## Samoan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato (“duck”). Cognate of Tagalog pato.

### Noun

pato
* duck

#### Derived terms

* tamai pato (duckling)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بَّطّ (paṭṭ), from Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ, “duck”), from Persian بت (bat, “duck”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpato/ [ˈpa.t̪o]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -ato
* Syllabification: pa‧to

### Noun

pato m (plural patos, feminine pata, feminine plural patas)
* duck, drake
    Synonym: ánade
    Hypernym: anseriforme
    Coordinate terms: ánsar, barnacla, cisne, ganso, oca, porrón, serreta
* (vulgar, slang, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Puerto Rico) homosexual, faggot
    Synonyms: marica, marico, maricón, puto

#### Hyponyms

* pato acollarado
* pato almizclero
* pato arcoíris
* pato arlequín
* pato barcino
* pato brasileño
* pato calvo
* pato carretero
* pato castaño
* pato coacoxtle
* pato colorado
* pato crestón
* pato criollo
* pato cuaresmeño
* pato cucharo
* pato cuervo
* pato de mar
* pato de monte
* pato de torrente
* pato enmascarado
* pato escuecilargo
* pato espátula
* pato espinoso
* pato friso
* pato güire
* pato joyuyo
* pato lilo
* pato malibú
* pato overo
* pato pechiblanco
* pato picazo
* pato pinto
* pato pisingo
* pato puna
* pato rinconero
* pato rojizo
* pato serrucho
* pato silbador
* pato tejano
* pato tripoca
* pato yuyo

#### Derived terms

* agarrar de pato
* al agua, patos
* cola de pato
* flor de pato
* hacerse el pato
* pagar el pato
* patito, patico (diminutives)
* pato mandarín
* patoso
* patudo

#### Descendants

* → Bikol Central: pato
* → Cahuilla: paat
* → Cebuano: pato
* → Chamicuro: pato
* → Chavacano: pato
* → Classical Nahuatl: patox
* → Cora: puáatu
* → English: pato
* → Hiligaynon: patu
* → Karao: pato
* → Oluta Popoluca: pa̱tu
* → O'odham: pa꞉do
* → Papantla Totonac: pá̱tux
* → Samoan: pato
* → San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: copáto
* → Tagalog: pato
** → Tausug: patu'
* → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: öpöto
* → Tokelauan: pato
* → Waray-Waray: pato
* → Ye'kwana: jatu, jaatu

### See also

* paro
* paso
* pata
* peto
* pito
* poto
* puto

### Further reading

* “pato”, 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

## Swahili
### Etymology

From -pata (“to get”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

pato class V (plural mapato class VI)
* acquisition
* achievement
* income, earning

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish pato (“duck”), from Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ, “duck”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpato/ [ˈpaː.t̪o], (nonstandard) /ˈpatoʔ/ [ˈpaː.t̪oʔ]
* Rhymes: -ato, (nonstandard) -atoʔ
* Syllabification: pa‧to

#### Noun

pato or patò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜓ)
* duck

##### Descendants

* → Tausug: patu'

##### See also

* baliwis
* bibe
* itik

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpatoʔ/ [ˈpaː.t̪oʔ]
* Rhymes: -atoʔ
* Syllabification: pa‧to

#### Noun

patò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜓ)
* playing piece (in games such as tantsing).

##### Derived terms

* pamato

### Further reading

* “pato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* otap

## Tahitian
### Verb

pato
* break out

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pato.

### Noun

pato
* duck

#### Derived terms

* pato man

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.t̪o/

### Verb

pato
* (transitive) to strike (with an instrument)

#### Conjugation
### References

* James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics