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chato.

flat

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈʃa.tu/Brazil/ˈʃa.tu/Portugal/ˈt͡ʃa.tu/Northern, Portugal

  1. flat

    comparable

  2. boring

    colloquial · comparable
    O golfe é chato.

  3. annoying

    colloquial · comparable
    Que chato!

  4. shameful

    colloquial · comparable

  5. disappointing

    colloquial · comparable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chato, from Vulgar Latin *plattus (“flattened”), borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide; broad”). Doublet of prato and plati-. Compare Sicilian chiattu.

noun/ˈʃa.tu/Brazil/ˈʃa.tu/Portugal/ˈt͡ʃa.tu/Northern, Portugal

  1. bore (a boring, uninteresting person)

    colloquial · masculine

  2. an annoying person

    colloquial · masculine

  3. pubic louse

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chato, from Vulgar Latin *plattus (“flattened”), borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “wide; broad”). Doublet of prato and plati-. Compare Sicilian chiattu.

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