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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)

1. (Chicano, slang) Hispanic youth; guy; dude

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vato/
• Hyphenation: va?to
• Rhymes: -ato

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French ouate, German Watte and English wad.

Noun

vato (accusative singular vaton, plural vatoj, accusative plural vatojn)

1. cotton wool

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English watt, etc.

Noun

vato (accusative singular vaton, plural vatoj, accusative plural vatojn)

1. watt

   Synonyms: ?ato, vatto

Derived terms

• jotavato
• kilovato

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu (compare Cebuano bato, Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Hiligaynon bato, Ilocano bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malay batu, Maori whatu, Sundanese batu, Tagalog bato).

Noun

vato

1. rock, stone, cobble

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

vato

1. nominative singular of vata (“religious duty”)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• bato, jato

Etymology

According to the Chicano 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): /?bato/, [?ba.t?o]

Noun

vato m (plural vatos, feminine vata, feminine plural vatas)

1. (Chicano, slang) Male Hispanic youth; guy; dude; boyfriend; significant other

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 to refer to a woman who owes them money.

Derived terms

• vato loco (“gangster, gangbanger”, literally “crazy dude”)

References

English

Noun

vats

1. plural of vat

Verb

vats

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vat

Anagrams

• ATVs, VAST, VSAT, tavs, vast

Latvian

Noun

vats m (1 declension)

1. watt

Declension

Volapük

Noun

vats

1. plural of vat