prato

From Latin prātum (“meadow”).

prato m (plural prati)

1. grass, lawn (ground covered with grass kept closely mown)

   falciare il prato ― to mow the lawn

2. meadow

• parto, porta, potrà, tarpo, tarpò

prātō

1. dative singular of prātum
2. ablative singular of prātum

From Vulgar Latin *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat”). Possibly arrived through the intermediate of French plat, or perhaps a semi-learned term or one used by mainly upper-class speakers in the past, and thus avoiding the usual sound shifts from Latin -pl- into Portuguese. Compare Spanish plato. Doublet of the popularly inherited chato.

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

prato m (plural pratos)

1. plate (a flat dish from which food is served or eaten)
2. plate (a course at a meal)

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

• Annobonese: paatu