pátio

See also: patio and Patio

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pateo (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

From Old Occitan patu or pati, from Latin pactum (“pact, agreement”) or from Latin pateō (“to lie open”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.t͡ʃi.u/ [ˈpa.t͡ʃɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpa.t͡ʃju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.t͡ʃi.u/ [ˈpa.t͡ʃɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpa.t͡ʃju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.t͡ʃi.o/ [ˈpa.t͡ʃɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpa.t͡ʃjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tju/

• Hyphenation: pá‧ti‧o

Noun

pátio m (plural pátios)

1. courtyard (an area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings)

   Synonym: área

2. yard (a small area adjoining the precincts of a house or other building)

   Synonym: quintal

   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Mudança [A New Home]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎^[1], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 12:

     Estavam no pateo duma fazenda sem vida. O curral deserto, o chiqueiro das cabras arruinado e tambem deserto, a casa do vaqueiro fechada, tudo annunciava abandono. Certamente o gado se finara e os moradores tinham fugido.

     They were in the yard of a barren farm. The corrals empty, the goats’ sty ruined and also deserted, the cowhand’s house closed everything pointed to it being abandoned. Certainly the cattle had faltered and the dwellers had run.

3. vestibule (passage, hall or room between the outer door and the interior of a building)

   Synonym: vestíbulo

4. patio (paved area next to a house)

Further reading

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