bato

See also: Bato, bato-, and Bāto

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French bateau.

Noun

bato

  1. boat

Awabakal

Noun

bato

  1. water
    • 1892, An Australian Language as Spoken by the Awabakal (in English):
      Bato, m., water

Synonyms

References


Bikol Central

Noun

bató

  1. (anatomy) kidney

Catalan

Verb

bato

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of batre

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. Compare Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Hiligaynon bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu and Maori whatu.

Noun

bato

  1. a stone; a pebble, rock, or boulder
  2. a gem
  3. a calculus in the kidney; a kidney stone
  4. a gallstone
  5. (metonymically) the kidney
  6. (bingo) a token, a pebble or seed used to mark a bingo card.

Verb

bato

  1. to stone; to pelt with stones
  2. (by extension) to hurl an object at someone or something
  3. to throw out a question
  4. to embroil; to cause to be involved
  5. to turn into stone
  6. to harden like a rock

Adjective

bato

  1. made or built of stone
  2. made of concrete building material
  3. hard as stone; stonehard
  4. resembling a rock or stone; rocklike; stonelike

Quotations

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

Derived terms


Esperanto

Etymology

From bati + -o

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈbato/
  • Hyphenation: bat‧o
  • Rhymes: -ato

Noun

bato (accusative singular baton, plural batoj, accusative plural batojn)

  1. blow, hit, strike, stroke (physical attack, punch)
    Synonym: frapo

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bateau (boat).

Noun

bato

  1. boat, ship

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu (compare Cebuano bato, Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Ilocano bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu, Maori whatu, Sundanese batu, Tagalog bato).

Noun

bató

  1. rock, stone, cobble

Verb

bató

  1. to stone

Noun

báto

  1. a complete thing, the whole
  2. a piece of anything that is round or cubic in shape

Verb

bátò

  1. to resist or oppose
  2. to rise up
  3. to backtalk

Ido

Noun

bato (plural bati)

  1. beating

Derived terms


Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu (compare Cebuano bato, Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Hiligaynon bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu, Maori whatu, Sundanese batu, Tagalog bato).

Noun

bato

  1. rock, stone, cobble

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

batō

  1. dative singular of batus
  2. ablative singular of batus

Lingala

Noun

bato class 2

  1. plural of mota

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French bateau

Noun

bato

  1. boat

References

  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Portuguese

Verb

bato

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of bater

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French bateau

Noun

bato

  1. boat

References

  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbato/, [ˈbat̪o]

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin.

Noun

bato m (plural batos)

  1. (dated) dork, dimwit
  2. (Latin America, informal) young man, youth
  3. (Mexico, colloquial) chump, punk
  4. (Mexico, colloquial) dude, guy, buddy
Synonyms
  • (a young man)

Etymology 2

From Caló bato.

Noun

bato m (plural batos)

  1. (Spain, slang) father
    Synonyms: padre, papá, jefe

Verb

bato

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of batir.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu (compare Cebuano bato, Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Hiligaynon bato, Ilocano bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu, Maori whatu, Sundanese batu).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ba.ˈto/
  • (file)

Noun

bató

  1. stone
  2. (anatomy) kidney
  3. gallstone
  4. gem; jewel
  5. knot in wood
  6. (idiomatic, colloquial) A bored person.
  7. (slang) methamphetamine

Verb

bato

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) to be bored
    Nababato na ako sa kahihintay.I am almost turning into stone from all the waiting.

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.toʔ/

Noun

batò

  1. chief piece in a game of native quoits called "tangga"
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