flato

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin flātus. Doublet of fiato.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfla.to/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: flà‧to

Noun

flato m (plural flati)

  1. flatus
  2. fart
  3. burp
  4. flatulence

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Latin

Etymology

Late Latin. Frequentative of flō through its past participle, flātus.

Pronunciation

Verb

flātō (present infinitive flātāre, perfect active flātāvī, supine flātātum); first conjugation

  1. to blow

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Italian: fiatare

Verb

flātō

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of flō

References

  • flato”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "flato", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • flato in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin flātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfla.tu/

  • Rhymes: -atu
  • Hyphenation: fla‧to

Noun

flato m (plural flatos)

  1. (medicine) flatus (expulsion of gas through the anus)

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin flātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflato/ [ˈfla.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: fla‧to

Noun

flato m (plural flatos)

  1. flatulence, flatus (gas generated in the digestive tract)
    Synonyms: aire, flatulencia

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