fato

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately derived from Latin fātum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfato/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: fa‧to

Noun

fato (accusative singular faton, plural fatoj, accusative plural fatojn)

1. synonym of fatalo (“fate”) (that which predetermines events)

References

• “fato”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfato/ [ˈfa.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: fa‧to

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fato. Probably from Proto-Germanic *fatą: compare Old High German faz (“container; vessel”), Old Norse fat (“vessel; cover; blanket; garment”), English fat (“container; vessel; vat”).

Noun

fato m (plural fatos)

1. bundle of things, especially one containing clothes
2. supplies or provisions for shepherds (usually carried in a bundle)
3. herd, flock, group

   Os desa vila non son máis que un fato de borrachos!

   That town's people are but a group of drunkards!

   • 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 134:

     Jupiter se fezo caudillo da grey -et grey se entende aqui por ovellas ou grey de fato dellas, et caudillo por carneyro

     Jupiter became leader of the flock - and flock here means sheep or flock of group of them, and leader means ram

Derived terms

• afatar (“to harness, rig; to gather, put togther”)
• fatelo (“piece of clothing”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin fatuus (“foolish”).

Adjective

fato (feminine fata, masculine plural fatos, feminine plural fatas)

1. foolish, fatuous
2. annoying

Further reading

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “fato”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fato”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fato”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fato”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English fate, Italian fato, and further borrowed from French fatal, German fatal, Russian фата́льный (fatálʹnyj), Spanish fatal., ultimately borrowed from Latin fātum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfato/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: fa‧to

Noun

fato (plural fati)

1. fate, lot

Derived terms

• fatala (“fatal”)
• fatalismo (“fatalismo”)
• fatalista (“fatalistic”)
• fatalisto (“fatalist”)

See also

• destino (“destiny”)

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin factus.

Adjective

fato

1. done, made

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: fà‧to

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fātum.

Noun

fato m (plural fati)

1. fate, destiny

Related terms

• fatidico

Further reading

• fato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fato

1. first-person singular present indicative of fatare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfaː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfaː.to]

Participle

fātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fātus

Noun

fātō

1. dative/ablative singular of fātum

Mirandese

Etymology

Derived from Latin factum.

Noun

fato m (plural fatos)

1. fact sometimes which is real

Derived terms

• de fato

Portuguese

fatos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.tu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: fa‧to

Etymology 1

Uncertain, but possibly from a supposed Gothic *𐍆𐌰𐍄 (*fat), likely from a Proto-Germanic root *fat-, from Proto-Indo-European *pēd- (“to grasp, seize”).

Compare Old High German fazzōn (“to get dressed”), German Fetzen (“rag(s), scrap(s)”), Old Norse fat (“vessel; cover; blanket; garment”), English fat (“liquid container, vessel; vat”); also Franco-Provençal fata (“pocket”), Galician fato (“herd”), Spanish hato (“bundle; animal herd; worker supplies; clique, gang”).

Noun

fato m (plural fatos)

1. a set of clothing traditionally worn together, such as a uniform or national costume

   Synonym: traje

2. (Portugal) suit (formal clothing, male or female)

   Synonym: (Brazil) terno

3. (Portugal) entrails (internal organs of an animal, especially the intestines)

   Synonym: entranhas

   • 1890, Aluizio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:

     E, durante muito tempo, fez-se um vaivém de mercadores. Apareceram os tabuleiros de carne fresca e outros de tripas e fatos de boi; só não vinham hortaliças, porque havia muitas roças no cortiço.

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Derived terms

• fato de banho
• fato de surf

Etymology 2

Noun

fato m (plural fatos)

1. Brazilian Portuguese standard form of facto

Etymology 3

Unknown, but likely ultimately from Arabic [Term?].

Noun

fato m (plural fatos)

1. (collective) a small herd of goats; a flock

Further reading

• “fato”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “fato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfa.to]
• Hyphenation: fa‧to

Noun

fato f

1. vocative singular of fată

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfato/ [ˈfa.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: fa‧to

Adjective

fato (feminine fata, masculine plural fatos, feminine plural fatas)

1. alternative spelling of fatuo

Further reading

• “fato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfa.to]
• Hyphenation: fa‧to

Verb

fato

1. (transitive) to align, put in a row, put side by side
2. (transitive) to order, arrange

Conjugation

Conjugation of fato

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tofato	fofato	mifato
2nd person		nofato	nifato
3rd person	masculine	ofato	ifato yofato (archaic)
	feminine	mofato
	neuter	ifato

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh