zato

• IPA^(key): [ˈzato]
• Hyphenation: za‧to

zato

1. but

   Synonym: ale

• “zato”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “zato”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “zato”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatus, from Proto-Austronesian *ɣatus.

zato

1. hundred

Univerbation of za (“for”) +‎ to (“that”).

• IPA^(key): /zǎtoː/
• Hyphenation: za‧to

zàtō (Cyrillic spelling за̀то̄)

1. so, therefore, for that/this reason, ergo (used before a reason for the aforementioned action)

   Synonyms: stȍgā, dȁklē, ȃnda

   Kasno je zato idem kući. ― It's late so I'm going home.

2. however, instead (possible influence of Russian зато)

   Istina je da nisam imala većih problema, ali me zato stalno nešto boli. ― Truth is I had no big problems, however something constantly hurts.

• zato što
• zato da