cervato

Galician

Etymology

From cervo +‎ -ato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [θɛɾˈβatʊ]

Noun

cervato m (plural cervatos, feminine cervata, feminine plural cervatas)

1. a young fawn

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cervato”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

From ciervo +‎ -ato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeɾˈbato/ [θeɾˈβ̞a.t̪o] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seɾˈbato/ [seɾˈβ̞a.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: cer‧va‧to

Noun

cervato m (plural cervatos, feminine cervata, feminine plural cervatas)

1. a fawn younger than six months

Derived terms

• cervatillo

Further reading

• “cervato”, 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