Tato

See also: tato

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ტატო (ṭaṭo) or Spanish Tato.

Proper noun

Tato (plural Tatos)

  1. A male given name from Georgian.
  2. A male given name from Spanish.

Galician

Etymology

From tato (stutterer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtato̝/

Proper noun

Tato

  1. a surname

References

  • Tato” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • Tato” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtato/ [ˈt̪a.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: Ta‧to

Proper noun

el Tato m

  1. a male given name
  2. a name used in various expressions, used to express that nobody does a certain thing
    No le va a votar ni el Tato.
    Not a single person is going to vote for him.
    (literally, “Not even "the Tato" is going to vote for him.”)

Further reading

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