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patoá

Portuguese, noun/pa.tuˈa/

patoá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “patois (regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dialeto de qualquer idioma”.

What does patoá mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepatois (regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard)

  2. 2

    masculinepatois (jargon or cant)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. dialeto de qualquer idioma

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 patoá

  • patoás plural

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

How do you pronounce patoá?

  • Brazil /pa.tuˈa/
  • Brazil /paˈtwa/
  • Portugal /paˈtwa/

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

English words that translate to patoá

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