bato

Significado (English)

Noun

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

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of batir

Synonyms

tío

tipo

mae

Con guion como

ba‧to

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈbato/

Etimología (English)

Borrowed from griego antiguo: βάττος

Cognate with inglés: bay#Etymology 4

In summary

Probably from Ancient Greek βάττος (báttos, “stutterer”), of imitative origin. See also βατταλογέω (battalogéō, “to stammer”), English bay⁴ (“to bark, bay, howl”).

Oraciones

Heródoto dice que el nombre de Bato era una palabra libia que significaba rey .

Herodotus says that Bato's name was a Libyan word meaning king.