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jato

Portuguese, noun/ˈʒa.tu/

jato is spelled J-A-T-O (4 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,969th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jato is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “jet (impetuous outflow of a liquid or gas)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de lançar ou de arremessar”.

What does jato mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinejet (impetuous outflow of a liquid or gas)

  2. 2

    masculinehurling, throwing

  3. 3

    masculinethrow (what is thrown at once)

  4. 4

    masculineflash (sudden emission of a beam of light)

  5. 5

    masculineflow, wave (sudden displacement of liquid or fluid)

  6. 6

    masculinejet (a stream of fluid escaping from an orifice or other constriction, usually under pressure, as in the exhaust of certain aircraft engines)

  7. 7

    masculinejet (jet-powered aircraft)

  8. 8

    masculineflame (long tongue of fire)

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineidiot (person of little action)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ato de lançar ou de arremessar 2. saída impetuosa; jorro 3. avião a jato 4. ímpeto

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of jato

  • jatos plural
  • jacto alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce jato?

  • Brazil /ˈʒa.tu/
  • Portugal /ˈʒa.tu/
  • /ʒa.tu/. [ˈʒatu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to jato

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is jato in Portuguese?

jato appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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