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Pato
pato
pato
English
Noun
pato (uncountable)
- The national sport of Argentina, a game played on horseback that combines elements of polo and basketball.
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pato, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *paδɜ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑto/
- Rhymes: -ɑto
- Hyphenation: pa‧to
Noun
pato
Declension
| Inflection of pato (Kotus type 1/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
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| 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 | |
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese pato (“duck”), from Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (páṭṭ), from Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ, “duck”), from Persian بت (bat, “duck”).
Cognate with Galician pato, Spanish pato and Swahili bata.
Pronunciation
Noun
pato m (plural patos, feminine pata, feminine plural patas)
Related terms
Descendants
Spanish

Pato (duck)
Etymology
Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (páṭṭ), from Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ, “duck”), from Persian بت (bat, “duck”).
Noun
pato m (plural patos, feminine pata)
- duck, drake
- (vulgar, slang, Antilles, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Puerto Rico) homosexual, faggot (see puto)
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Hypernyms
- (duck): anseriforme
Coordinate terms
(duck):