tato

Numeral

tato

1. (Old Chamorro, cardinal) three (in reference to living beings).

Pronoun

tato f

1. this

See also

• tento m
• toto n

Numeral

tato

1. (Pulaar dialect, with human nouns) three

   rewɓe tato

   three women

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtato̝/

Noun

tato m (plural tatos)

1. stutterer (one who stutters)

   Synonym: gago

Adjective

tato m (feminine singular tata, masculine plural tatos, feminine plural tatas)

1. stuttering

   Synonym: gago

2. nasal (voice)

References

• “tato” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “Tato” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “tato” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “tato” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “tato” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Noun

tato f

1. armadillo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪at̪ɔ/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

tato m pers

1. (affectionate) dad

Noun

tato m

1. vocative singular of tata

Alternative forms

• tacto (Portugal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tactus (“sense of touch”), from tāctus (“touched”), perfect passive participle of tangō (“I touch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.tu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈta.to/

Noun

tato m (plural tatos)

1. the sense of touch

Adjective

tato (feminine tati, plural tate)

1. warm

Contraction

1. Contraction of ‘esta todo’.

Interjection

1. (slang) alright, that is all

Etymology

From English tattoo, from Samoan tatau

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧tô

Noun

tato

1. tattoo

Etymology

Abbreviation of English potato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtatɔ/

Noun

tato (uncountable)

1. (dialectal) Potatoes (collective number).