xató

English

Noun

xató

1. A sauce from Catalonia made with almonds, hazelnuts, breadcrumbs, vinegar, garlic, olive oil, salt, and the nyora pepper.

Anagrams

• -toxa-, taxo-

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʃəˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [t͡ʃaˈto]

Etymology 1

Perhaps reduced from earlier *(ai)xataó, from aixatar, variant form of deixatar (“to dissolve”).

Noun

xató m (plural xatons)

1. xató

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French chaton.

Noun

xató m (plural xatons)

1. bezel, collet

Further reading

• “xató”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “xató” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈto/ [ʃaˈt̪o], /t͡ʃaˈto/ [t͡ʃaˈt̪o]
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

xató m (plural xatós)

1. xató