bato

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bato"

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Aklanon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈto/ [baˈt̪o]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ba‧to

Noun

bató

1. stone
2. throwing of stones

Derived terms

• kababatwan
• pamato

Related terms

• bato-bato
• batobalani

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbato/ [ˈbaː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: ba‧to

Noun

báto

1. piece; unit

Derived terms

• bato-bato
• binato
• panigbato
• sambato
• tigsambato

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbatoʔ/ [ˈbaː.t̪oʔ]
• Rhymes: -atoʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧to

Noun

batò

1. fighting back

Alangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

bató

1. stone
2. (anatomy) kidney

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French bateau.

Noun

bato

1. boat

Awabakal

Noun

bato

1. water

   Synonyms: kokoin, yarro

   • 1892, An Australian Language as Spoken by the Awabakal‎^[1] (in English):

     Bato, m., water

References

• Awabakal language dictionary

Bangi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀.

Noun

bato

1. people

Benga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀.

Noun

bato class 2

1. plural of moto.

Buhi'non Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

bato

1. rock; stone

Caló

Alternative forms

• batu, batú

Noun

bato m (plural batuces)

1. father

   Synonyms: batico, (affectionate) dada

References

• “bato” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 18.
• “bato” in Flamenco - Caló, El Flamenco.
• “bato” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈba.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈba.to]

Verb

bato

1. first-person singular present indicative of batre

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. Compare Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Hiligaynon bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu and Māori whatu.

The sense of "kidney" is a semantic loan from Tagalog bato.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧to
• IPA^(key): /baˈto/ [bɐˈt̪o]

Noun

bató

1. stone; pebble, rock, or boulder
2. gem
   • 2017 — Nalzaro, Bobby, Mga Panglantaw sa Year of the Rooster (03 January), Saksi, SuperBalita Cebu

     Sa teyoriya sa Chinese Horoscope, ang Chicken mao ang Female Metal nga dunay kalambigitan sa mahalon nga bato sa mga alahas sama sa bulawan. Gumikan niini ang tuig sa mga sunoy nagtimaan sa mga luho, katahum og kaabunda.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (medicine) kidney stone

   Synonym: bato sa rinyon

   • 2018 — Espedilla, Fritz Legarde, Gudyo Makabalo og mga Pagkaon Mopakgang sa Bato sa Renyon (27 March), Meditalk, SuperBalita Cebu

     Sa niagi, akong gituki nga kung aduna ka nay bato', pangutan-a ang imong doctor, kung unsa nga klase ang bato sa imong renyon.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. (medicine) gallstone

   Synonym: bato sa apdo

   • 2012 November 19, Roldan, Emmanuel C, “Inato nga Pagtangtang sa Bato sa Apdo”, in SuperBalita Cebu:

     Pagka-ugma, makita nimo ang mga berdeng bato nga niguwa kauban sa imong hugaw. Kasagaran molutaw kini sa tubig sa iniduro. Matud pa ni Dr. Lai nga may pasyente siya nga adunay 40-100 ka gagmay'ng bato. Bisan kadtong walay simtomas sa bato sa apdo matingala nga may bato nga mogawas sa ilang lawas. Mas maayo gani nga limpyohan nato panalagsa ang atong tiyan sa daghang toxins gikan sa atong pagkaon sama sa pag-inom og daghang tubig ug pagkaon og presko nga prutas matag adlaw.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. piece in chess, checkers, sungka or similar games
6. (bingo) token
7. flint of a lighter
8. (anatomy) kidney

   Synonyms: amimislon, rinyon

   • 2017 December 8, “Alex ug Hero sa MMK”, in SuperBalita Cebu:

     Si Alex ang modala sa karakter nga dunay sakit sa bato. Samtang si Hero ang mohatag sa iyang bato o kidney aron mabuhi pa ang iyang minahal.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Verb

bató

1. to harden into stone
2. to stand motionless
3. to put stones into jewelry
4. to use something as a sinker
5. to strike the flint of a lighter
6. to stone
7. to line with stones
8. (by extension) to hurl an object at someone or something
9. to throw out a question
10. to embroil; to cause to be involved

Adjective

bató

1. stone
2. concrete (made of concrete)
3. stonehard
4. rocklike; stonelike

Derived terms

• bato sa apdo (“gallstone”)
• bato sa rinyon
• bato-bato (“anchor; sinker; stone used in artificial jewelry”)
• batobalani
• batong buhi
• batoon (“rocky; stony; full of pimples”)
• binato (“firm, round and oval-shaped purple yam”)
• kabatoan (“place full of rocks”)
• kabatohan (“scree”)
• pamato (“anchor; sinker; anchorman in a relay; best bet; spending money”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈbato/ [ˈba.t̪o]

Verb

bato

1. to borrow money
2. to buy something for credit

Central Bikol

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧to
• IPA^(key): /baˈto/ [baˈto]

Noun

bató (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆᜓ)

1. (anatomy) kidney
2. (Daet) rock; stone

   Synonym: gapo

Derived terms

• bato-bato
• batohon
• mabato
• magbato

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈbatoʔ/ [ˈba.toʔ]

Noun

batò (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆᜓ)

1. cue ball

Derived terms

• pambato

See also

• tako

Duala

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀

Noun

bato class 2

1. plural of moto.

Erromintxela

Alternative forms

• batu

Etymology

Compare Caló bato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bato/

Noun

bato

1. father

References

• Alexandre Baudrimont (1862), “bato”, in Vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens habitant les pays basques français [Vocabulary of the language of the Roma living in the French Basque Country], Bordeaux: G. Gounouilhou, →OCLC

Esperanto

Etymology

From bati +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbato/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: ba‧to

Noun

bato (accusative singular baton, plural batoj, accusative plural batojn)

1. blow, hit, strike, stroke (physical attack, punch)

   Synonym: frapo

Galician

Verb

bato

1. first-person singular present indicative of bater

Gun

Etymology

Likely from French bateau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bā.tō/

Noun

bato (plural bato lɛ́ or bato lẹ́)

1. ship

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bateau (“boat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈto/

Noun

bato

1. boat, ship

Related terms

• batiman

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[2], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 22

Higaonon

Noun

bato

1. stone, rock

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu (compare Cebuano bato, Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Ilocano bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu, Māori whatu, Sundanese batu, Tagalog bato).

Noun

bató

1. rock, stone, cobble

Verb

bató

1. to stone

Etymology 2

Noun

báto

1. a complete thing, the whole
2. a piece of anything that is round or cubic in shape

Verb

bátò

1. to resist or oppose
2. to rise up
3. to backtalk

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbato/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: ba‧to

Noun

bato (plural bati)

1. beating

Derived terms

• batar

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu (compare Cebuano bato, Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Hiligaynon bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu, Māori whatu, Sundanese batu, Tagalog bato).

Noun

bato

1. rock, stone, cobble

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin batus, from Ancient Greek βάτος (bátos), from Biblical Hebrew בַּת (bat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: bà‧to

Noun

bato m (plural bati)

1. (historical) bath (unit of liquid measure)

Further reading

• bato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈto/ [bʌˈto]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ba‧to

Noun

bató

1. rock; stone

Derived terms

• kabatoan

Kongo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀játò.

Noun

bato

1. boat
2. ship

Latin

Etymology 1

Unknown; possibly of onomatopoeic origin.

Documented in a glossary from the late eighth century, which translates batat (“yawns”) as the Anglo-Saxon ginath (= Old English ġinaþ).

Alternative forms

• battō (misspelling?)
• badō

Verb

batō (present infinitive batāre, perfect active batāvī, supine batātum); first conjugation (Early Medieval Latin)

1. to yawn
2. to gape open

Conjugation

   Conjugation of batō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	batō		batās		batat		batāmus		batātis		batant
	imperfect	batābam		batābās		batābat		batābāmus		batābātis		batābant
	future	batābō		batābis		batābit		batābimus		batābitis		batābunt
	perfect	batāvī		batāvistī		batāvit		batāvimus		batāvistis		batāvērunt, batāvēre
	pluperfect	batāveram		batāverās		batāverat		batāverāmus		batāverātis		batāverant
	future perfect	batāverō		batāveris		batāverit		batāverimus		batāveritis		batāverint
passive	present	bator		batāris, batāre		batātur		batāmur		batāminī		batantur
	imperfect	batābar		batābāris, batābāre		batābātur		batābāmur		batābāminī		batābantur
	future	batābor		batāberis, batābere		batābitur		batābimur		batābiminī		batābuntur
	perfect	batātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	batātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	batātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	batem		batēs		batet		batēmus		batētis		batent
	imperfect	batārem		batārēs		batāret		batārēmus		batārētis		batārent
	perfect	batāverim		batāverīs		batāverit		batāverīmus		batāverītis		batāverint
	pluperfect	batāvissem		batāvissēs		batāvisset		batāvissēmus		batāvissētis		batāvissent
passive	present	bater		batēris, batēre		batētur		batēmur		batēminī		batentur
	imperfect	batārer		batārēris, batārēre		batārētur		batārēmur		batārēminī		batārentur
	perfect	batātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	batātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		batā		—		—		batāte		—
	future	—		batātō		batātō		—		batātōte		batantō
passive	present	—		batāre		—		—		batāminī		—
	future	—		batātor		batātor		—		—		batantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		batāre			batārī			batāns			—
future		batātūrum esse			batātum īrī			batātūrus			batandus
perfect		batāvisse			batātum esse			—			batātus
future perfect		—			batātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		batātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		batandī		batandō		batandum		batandō		batātum		batātū

Derived terms

• bataculō

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • ⇒ Istriot: abadà
  • Italian: badare, ⇒ abbadare
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: badar
  • Old French: beer (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: badar
    • Occitan: badar
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Romagnol: badêr, ⇒ abadêr
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *exbatāre
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: esbadar
    • Occitan: esbadar
    • Old French: esbaer, esbahir (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Noun

batō

1. dative/ablative singular of batus

Lingala

Etymology

See Lingala batu.

Noun

bato class 2

1. plural of motu

Mansaka

Etymology

From batu, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu.

Noun

bato

1. stone

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

bato

1. stone; rock
2. (gambling) chips

Derived terms

• batobarani' (“magnet”)
• batobato (“hump”)
• batokapala (“headstone”)
• paribato

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

bató

1. stone; rock

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French bateau.

Noun

bato

1. boat

References

• Phillip Baker; Vinesh Y. Hookoomsing (1987), Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français (in French)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.tu/

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: ba‧to

Verb

bato

1. first-person singular present indicative of bater

Ratagnon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

bató

1. stone

Sambali

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

bató

1. stone; rock

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French bateau.

Noun

bato

1. boat

References

• D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbato/ [ˈba.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: ba‧to

Etymology 1

Probably from Ancient Greek βάττος (báttos, “stutterer”), of imitative origin. See also βατταλογέω (battalogéō, “to stammer”), English bay⁴ (“to bark, bay, howl”).

Noun

bato m (plural batos)

1. (dated) dork, dimwit
2. (Latin America, informal) young man, youth
3. (Mexico, colloquial) chump, punk
4. (Mexico, colloquial) dude, guy, buddy

Etymology 2

From Caló bato.

Noun

bato m (plural batos)

1. (Spain, slang) father

   Synonyms: padre, papá, jefe

Verb

bato

1. first-person singular present indicative of batir

Further reading

• “bato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “bato”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux. Compare Central Bikol bato, Capiznon bato, Cebuano bato, Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Hiligaynon bato, Ilocano bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu, Māori whatu, Niuean patu, Pangasinan bato, Ratagnon bato, Sundanese batu, and Waray-Waray bato.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /baˈto/ [bɐˈt̪o] (“stone; kidney; gallstone; gem; knot in wood; act of throwing; bored person; (slang) meth”, noun)

    • Audio:

      (file)

    • Rhymes: -o
    • Homophone: Bato
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbatoʔ/ [ˈbaː.t̪oʔ] (“chief piece in a game of native quoits called tangga”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -atoʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧to

Noun

bató (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓ)

1. stone

   Synonym: piyedra

2. rock

   Synonym: roka

3. (anatomy) kidney

   Synonym: rinyon

4. gallstone
5. gem; jewel

   Synonym: hiyas

6. knot in wood
7. act of throwing something

   Synonyms: tapon, hagis, itsa, balibag, salya

8. (games) rock (closed hand in rock paper scissors)
9. (idiomatic, colloquial) bored person
10. (slang) methamphetamine

    Synonyms: agimat, shabu

Derived terms

• asukal-bato
• bahay-na-bato
• bato ang katawan
• bato bato pik
• bato lata
• bato sa lansangan
• bato-bato sa langit, ang tamaan huwag magalit
• bato-sa-rinyon
• batong-bakal
• batong-buga
• batong-buhay
• batong-gilingan
• batong-itim
• batong-kiskisan
• batong-lapis
• batong-pantingan
• batong-panulok
• batong-tampok
• batong-tapakan
• batong-tuntungan
• batong-urian
• batubingi
• batuhan
• batuhin
• bumato
• hasaang bato
• hayto
• ibato
• inambato
• ipagpakabato
• kabato
• kabatuhan
• mabato
• magbabato
• magbatuhan
• magpabato
• magpakabato
• makipagbatuhan
• pagbato
• pagpapakabato
• pamato

Related terms

• Arkong Bato
• Cotabato

Noun

batò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓ)

1. chief piece in a game of native quoits called tangga

Derived terms

• pamato
• pambato

See also

• pato

Adjective

bató (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓ)

1. (figurative) stingy; miserly
2. (figurative) stubborn; unyielding
3. (figurative) numb
4. (idiomatic, colloquial) bored

Further reading

• “bato”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “bato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*batux”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• tabo, abot, taob, bota

Ternate

Adverb

bato

1. only, exclusively

   haka ngori maobo bato ― give me only the bone

2. just, merely

   ana isedu bato ― they just joked

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh