bato

Meaning

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

batir

1. (transitive) to beat, to pound repeatedly
2. (transitive) to beat, whisk, whip
3. (transitive) to beat, overcome (an opponent, record, etc.)
4. (transitive) to coin (a word, etc.)

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Concepts

dude

Synonyms

tío

tipo

mae

Translations

paio

tio

Dummkopf

Junge

👦

Kerl

Tölpel

τύπος

gars

mec

type

tipo

kerel

knul

cara

Hyphenated as

ba‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbato/

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek: βάττος

Cognate with English: 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”).

Sentences

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.