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

• jacto (pre-1990 spelling)

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin iactus (“a throw”), from iaciō (“to throw”). Doublet of jeito.

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: ja‧to

jato m (plural jatos)

1. jet (gush of pressurised substance)

   Synonyms: esguicho, jorro

2. jet (aeroplane using jet engines)

   Synonyms: a jato, avião a jato

• lava-jato

• jateamento
• jatear

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ěto.

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

jȁto n (Cyrillic spelling ја̏то)

1. flock (of birds, fish or insects)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jata.

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

jȁto n (Cyrillic spelling ја̏то)

1. (regional, archaic) leeward

• “jato”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “jato”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

(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]

• Audio (Spain):

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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], 2024 December 10

Variant orthographies

ALIV	jato
Brazilian standard	fato
New Tribes	jato

• 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