nato
Spanish, adjective
nato is spelled N-A-T-O (4 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,508th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nato is a Spanish adjective meaning “born” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, ñato is a different word: “boxer”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de una cualidad o aptitud de un ser vivo, poseído desde el nacimiento”.
What does nato mean in English?
adjective
- 1
born
adjective
- 1
Latin-Americasnub-nosed; flat-nosed
- 2
Latin-Americacolloquialblunt
noun
- 1
masculineboxer
noun
- 1
UScolloquialmasculinean affectionate address meaning funny face
- 2
masculinesnub-nosed person
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hombre innominado.
adjective: 1. De nariz roma o aplastada. 2. Que no tiene nariz, por enfermedad u otra causa. 3. Deforme, irregular o mal hecho.
adjective: 1. Dicho de una cualidad o aptitud de un ser vivo, poseído desde el nacimiento. 2. Dicho de un papel, tratamiento o título institucional, anejo intrínsecamente a un cargo. 3. Chato.^([cita requerida])
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nato
- nata feminine
- natos masculine plural
- natas feminine plural
- ñata feminine
- ñatos masculine plural
- ñatas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to nato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nato in Spanish?
nato appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).