jato

Initialism of jet-assisted takeoff.

jato (plural jatos)

1. An auxiliary jet engine in a detachable unit that provides extra power for the takeoff of an aircraft
2. A takeoff assisted by such a unit
3. A RATO unit or RATO takeoff - a rocket assisted take-off

• jota

• IPA^(key): [ˈjato]

jato

1. neuter singular passive participle of jmout

jato m (plural jati)

1. (obsolete) alternative spelling of iato

• jota

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: ja‧to

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin iactus. Doublet of jeito.

• jacto (pre-1990 spelling)

jato m (plural jatos)

1. jet (impetuous outflow of a liquid or gas)

   Synonyms: esguicho, jorro

2. hurling, throwing
3. throw (what is thrown at once)
4. flash (sudden emission of a beam of light)
5. flow, wave (sudden displacement of liquid or fluid)

   Synonyms: fluxo, onda

6. jet (a stream of fluid escaping from an orifice or other constriction, usually under pressure, as in the exhaust of certain aircraft engines)
7. jet (jet-powered aircraft)

   Synonyms: a jato, avião a jato

8. flame (long tongue of fire)
9. feces (defecation of defecated matter)
10. (figuratively) impetus, impulse (sudden manifestation)
11. (figuratively) quick thinking, sudden understanding

Borrowed from Kabuverdianu jato.

jato m or f by sense (plural jatos)

1. (Cape Verde) idiot (person of little action)

• “jato” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “jato”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “jato”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “jato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ěto.

• IPA^(key): /jâto/
• Hyphenation: ja‧to

jȁto n (Cyrillic spelling ја̏то)

1. flock (of birds, fish or insects)

• “jato”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jata.

• IPA^(key): /jâto/
• Hyphenation: ja‧to

jȁto n (Cyrillic spelling ја̏то)

1. (regional, archaic) leeward

   Synonym: zavjetrina

• “jato”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “sense 2 seems to come from Quechua”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈxato/ [ˈxa.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: ja‧to

jato m (plural jatos)

1. calf (young cow or bull)

   Synonym: ternero

2. (Peru, slang) house

   Synonym: casa

• “jato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “jato”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea

• IPA^(key): [hʷato]

jato

1. on the other side of

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jato”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “jhaato”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[2], Museu do Índio/FUNAI