regato

See also: regatò and regató

Catalan

Verb

regato

1. first-person singular present indicative of regatar

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈɣato̝/

Noun

regato m (plural regatos)

1. a little stream of water, a brook

   Synonyms: arroio, regueiro

   • 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

Derived terms

• Regatelo
• Regato

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “regato”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “regato”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “regato”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Verb

regato

1. first-person singular present indicative of regatare

Anagrams

• rogate

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Verb

regato

1. first-person singular present indicative of regatar

Further reading

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

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024