bato

See also: Bato and bato-

Awabakal

Noun

bato

1. water
   • 1892, An Australian Language as Spoken by the Awabakal^[1]:

     Bato, m., water

Synonyms

• kokoin, yarro

References

• Awabakal language dictionary

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Bikol Central

Noun

bató

1. (anatomy) kidney

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Catalan

Verb

bato

1. first-person singular present indicative form of batre

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Cebuano

Etymology

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

Noun

bato

1. A stone.
2. A pebble, a rock, a boulder.
3. A gem.
4. A calculus in the kidney; kidney stone.
5. (bingo) A token, a pebble or seed used to mark a bingo card.

Verb

bato

1. To stone, to throw stones at someone or something.
2. To throw something at someone or something.
3. To turn into stone.
4. To harden like a rock.

Adjective

bato

1. Made or built of stone.
2. Made of concrete building material.
3. Hard as stone; stonehard.
4. Resembling a rock; rocklike.
5. Resembling stone or a stone; stonelike.

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbato/
• Hyphenation: ba‧to

Noun

bato (accusative singular baton, plural batoj, accusative plural batojn)

1. blow, hit, strike, stroke (physical attack, punch)

Synonyms

• frapo

Derived terms

• bati

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Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bató

1. rock, stone, cobble

Verb

bató

1. to stone

Etymology 2

Noun

báto

1. a complete thing, the whole
2. a piece of anything that is round or cubic in shape

Verb

bátò

1. to resist or oppose
2. to rise up
3. to backtalk

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Ido

Noun

bato (plural bati)

1. beating

Derived terms

• batar

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Ilocano

Etymology

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

Noun

bato

1. rock, stone, cobble

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Latin

Noun

batō

1. dative singular of batus
2. ablative singular of batus

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Lingala

Noun

bato class 2

1. plural of mota

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Portuguese

Verb

bato

1. first-person singular present indicative of bater

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβato/

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin.

Noun

bato m (plural batos)

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

Synonyms

• (a young man)

Etymology 2

From Spanish Romani bato.

Noun

bato m (plural batos)

1. (Spain, slang) father

Synonyms

• padre, papá, jefe

Verb

bato

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of batir.

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Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ba.ˈto/

• Audio

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Noun

bató

1. stone
2. (anatomy) kidney
3. gallstone
4. gem; jewel
5. knot in wood
6. (idiomatic, colloquial) A bored person.
7. (slang) methamphetamine

Verb

bato

1. (idiomatic, colloquial) To be bored.

   Nababato na ako sa kahihintay.

   I am almost turning into stone from all the waiting.

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.toʔ/

Noun

batò

1. chief piece in a game of native quoits called "tangga"