pacato

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pacātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈka.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: pa‧cà‧to

Participle

pacato (feminine pacata, masculine plural pacati, feminine plural pacate)

1. past participle of pacare

Adjective

pacato (feminine pacata, masculine plural pacati, feminine plural pacate)

1. placid
2. quiet, calm

Related terms

• pacatamente
• pacatezza

Anagrams

• capota

Latin

Verb

pācātō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of pācō

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀘𑀢𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• पचतो (Devanagari script)
• পচতো (Bengali script)
• පචතො (Sinhalese script)
• ပစတော or ပၸတေႃ (Burmese script)
• ปจโต or ปะจะโต (Thai script)
• ᨷᨧᨲᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ປຈໂຕ or ປະຈະໂຕ (Lao script)
• បចតោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄌𑄖𑄮 (Chakma script)

Adjective

pacato

1. masculine/neuter genitive/dative singular of pacant, which is present participle of pacati (“to cook”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pacatus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈka.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈka.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈka.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈka.tu/

• Hyphenation: pa‧ca‧to
• Rhymes: -atu

Adjective

pacato (feminine pacata, masculine plural pacatos, feminine plural pacatas)

1. peaceful

   Synonym: pacífico

2. quiet

   Synonyms: quieto, calado

Further reading

• “pacato”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “pacato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pacatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈkato/ [paˈka.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: pa‧ca‧to

Adjective

pacato (feminine pacata, masculine plural pacatos, feminine plural pacatas)

1. timid

   Synonym: tímido

2. modest

   Synonyms: modesto, pudoroso, púdico

Further reading

• “pacato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024