bato

Meaning

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

dude

tío

tipo

mae

Hyphenated as

ba‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbato/

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”).

New

batir

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

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Heródoto dice que el nombre de Bato era una palabra libia que significaba rey
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Herodotus says that Bato's name was a Libyan word meaning king.

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bato

Meaning

Concepts

Synonyms

Hyphenated as

ba‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbato/

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek

βάττος

Cognate with English

bay#Etymology 4

In summary

batir

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

Meaning

Concepts

Synonyms

Hyphenated as

ba‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbato/

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek

βάττος

Cognate with English

bay#Etymology 4

In summary

batir

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

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