el pato. 'el pato'. This masculine noun means 'duck'. For example, 'las aves acuáticas, incluídos los patos y los gansos' / 'The aquatic birds, including ducks and geese'. El pato.
pato, -a
masculine or feminine noun
1. duck
- pagar el pato, -a (figurative) -> to carry the can (British), to pick up the tab (United States)
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pato [pah'-to]
noun
1. Drake, duck. (m)
2. Bore, dull person (pesado). (Especially) (m)
3. Boredom (aburrimiento). (m)
4. To be clumsy (torpe). (m)
5. Sponger (gorrón). (Andes) (m)
6. Sucker (inocentón). (Andes) (m)
7. (Cono Sur) Ser un pato, to be broke. (m)
verb
8. ÁNADE.
- Estar hecho un pato -> to get a ducking
- Pagar el pato -> to suffer undeserved punishment
verb
9. PAGAR.
- Pato real -> mallard
- Pato de reclamo -> decoy duck
pato
1 (Ornitología) duck
pagar el pato to carry the can (familiar)
ser el pato de la boda o fiesta (Latinoamérica) to be a laughing stock
salga pato o gallareta (Latinoamérica) whatever the results
pato a la naranja duck à l'orange
pato colorado red-crested pochard
pato de reclamo decoy duck
pato (macho) drake
pato malvasía white-headed duck
pato real pato silvestre mallard; wild duck
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