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

Hyphenated as

ba‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbato/

Etymology

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.