zato

See also: žato and za to

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatus, from Proto-Austronesian *ɣatus.

Numeral

zato

1. hundred

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Univerbation of za (“for”) +‎ to (“that”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zǎtoː/
• Hyphenation: za‧to

Adverb

zàtō (Cyrillic spelling за̀то̄)

1. so, therefore, for that/this reason, ergo (used before a reason for the aforementioned action)

   Synonyms: stȍgā, dȁklē, ȃnda

   Kasno je zato idem kući. ― It's late so I'm going home.

2. however, instead (possible influence of Russian зато)

   Istina je da nisam imala većih problema, ali me zato stalno nešto boli. ― Truth is I had no big problems, however something constantly hurts.

Derived terms

• zato što
• zato da