-ato

-ato

1. See -at-

From Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic *-ātos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.to/, [ˈäːt̪o̞]
• Stress: -àto
• Hyphenation: -a‧to

-ato

1. Used with a stem to form the past participle of regular -are verbs
2. (in nouns) a rank or office; -ate, -hood, -ship

   ‎apprendista (“apprentice”) + ‎-ato → ‎apprendistato (“apprenticeship”)

   ‎priore (“prior”, noun) + ‎-ato → ‎priorato (“priorate, office of a prior”)

3. (in adjectives) having or resembling the specified thing

   ‎lobo (“lobe”) + ‎-ato → ‎lobato (“lobate, having lobes”)

   ‎palmo (“palm (of the hand)”) + ‎-ato → ‎palmato (“palmate, resembling a palm”)

4. (chemistry, in nouns) a derivative of a specified element or compound; especially a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ico; -ate

   ‎nitrico (“nitric”) + ‎-ato → ‎nitrato (“nitrate”)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.toː/

-ātō

1. second-person singular future active imperative of -ō
2. third-person singular future active imperative of -ō
3. dative masculine singular of -ātus
4. dative neuter singular of -ātus
5. ablative masculine singular of -ātus
6. ablative neuter singular of -ātus

Borrowed from Latin -atūs or -ātum. Compare the inherited doublet -ado.

-ato m (plural -atos)

1. -ship; -ate (rank or office)
2. -age (place)
3. (chemistry) -ate (derivative of a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ico)

• (rank or office): -ado

Borrowed from Latin -atūs or -ātum (past participle suffix). Compare the inherited doublet -ado.

-ato m (feminine counterpart -ata)

1. forms an institution from a noun stem

   Example: huérfano (“orphan”) → orfanato (“orphanage”)

2. forms the corresponding action of a noun

   Example: asesino (“assassin”) → asesinato (“assassination”)

3. indicates a baby of a specific animal

   Example: ballena (“whale”) → ballenato (“baby whale”)

4. Forms adjectives of quality

   Example: nuevo (“new”) → novato (“unexperienced”)

5. Denotes the office of a noun stem

   Example: cardenal (“cardinal (Catholic)”) → cardenalato (“cardinalate (office of the cardinal)”), Fujimori (“surname of the former president of Peru, Alberto Fujimori”) → fujimorato (“time period when Alberto Fujimori was in office”)

-ato m

1. (chemistry) designates a salt or ester related to an acid