pato
Portuguese, noun/ˈpa.tu/
pato is spelled P-A-T-O (4 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,280th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pato is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “duck (any aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum de aves aquáticas, palmípedes, da família dos Anatídeos com bico largo e achatado”.
What does pato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineduck (any aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
- 2
masculinedrake (male duck)
- 3
Brazilmasculinea naive person
prefix
- 1
patho-
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. empatado 2. pate
noun: 1. nome comum de aves aquáticas, palmípedes, da família dos Anatídeos com bico largo e achatado 2. parreco; marreco 3. ingênuo; idiota; parvo
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 pato
- patos plural
- pata feminine
- patas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pato?
- Brazil /ˈpa.tu/
- Portugal /ˈpa.tu/
- Brazil /ˌpa.to/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pato in Portuguese?
pato appears 12 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).