vato

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish vato, ultimately from chivato. Term is mostly used by people from northwest Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora, Chihuahua, Baja California). === Noun === vato (plural vatos) (Chicano slang) A Hispanic youth; a guy; a dude. == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvato/ Rhymes: -ato Syllabification: va‧to === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French ouate and German Watte. Compare Polish wata (“cotton wool”), Russian вата (vata, “cotton wool, glass wool, drugstore cotton”), Italian ovatta (“cotton wool, wadding”), English wad (“amorphous mass”). ==== Noun ==== vato (accusative singular vaton, plural vatoj, accusative plural vatojn) cotton wool === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English watt, named after Scottish engineer James Watt. Compare Italian, Portuguese, and French watt, German Watt, Yiddish וואַט (vat), Polish wat, Russian ватт (vatt). ==== Noun ==== vato (accusative singular vaton, plural vatoj, accusative plural vatojn) watt Synonyms: ŭato, vatto ===== Derived terms ===== jotavato kilovato == Malagasy == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux (compare Cebuano bato, Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Hiligaynon bato, Ilocano bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malay batu, Māori whatu, Sundanese batu, Tagalog bato). === Noun === vato rock, stone, cobble == Pali == === Alternative forms === === Noun === vato nominative singular of vata (“religious duty”) == Spanish == === Alternative forms === bato, jato === Etymology === According to the Mexican-American poet Luis Alberto Urrea, the word originated in Pachuco slang of the 1940s, and is derived from "the once-common friendly insult chivato or goat." === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbato/ [ˈba.t̪o] Rhymes: -ato Syllabification: va‧to === Noun === vato m (plural vatos, feminine vata, feminine plural vatas) (Mexico, US, slang) guy; dude; boyfriend; significant other Coordinate term: morra ==== Usage notes ==== This term may be used with intimate friends or as a derogatory reference. In some contexts, the term has gang connotations. The feminine form, vata, is also used by Chicano prostitutes in the United States to refer to a woman who owes them money. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “vato”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 == Yami == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux. === Noun === vato stone