regato

regato

See also: regatò

Galician

Regato

Etymology

Rego (“stream”) +‎ -ato, a diminituve suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈɣato̝/

Noun

regato m (plural regatos)

1. A little stream of water, a brook.
   • 1861, Rosalia de Castro, Cantares Gallegos:

     Adios rios, adios fontes,

     Adios regatos pequenos,

     Adios vista dos meus ollos

     Non sei cando nos veremos.

     Farewell, rivers; farewell, fountains;

     Farewell, little brooks;

     Farewell, sight of my eyes

     I don't know when we'll meet again

   Synonyms: arroio, regueiro

Derived terms

• Regatelo
• Regato

References

• “regato” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “regato” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “regato” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Verb

regato

1. first-person singular present indicative of regatare

Anagrams

• rogate

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Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin rigātus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈɡa.tu/ [heˈɡa.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈɡa.tu/ [heˈɡa.tu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈɡa.tu/ [χeˈɡa.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈɡa.to/ [heˈɡa.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈɡa.tu/ [ʁɨˈɣa.tu]

• Rhymes: -atu

Noun

regato m (plural regatos)

1. brook; stream; creek

   Synonyms: riacho, córrego

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Spanish

Etymology

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Noun

regato m (plural regatos)

1. brook; stream
2. (small) pool (of water)
3. irrigation ditch

Further reading

• “regato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014