Dos Batos Restaurant

Question

We are going to a restaurant this afternoon - Dos Batos. Certainly we are not going to two baths or two fools? What am I not understanding here? Thanks! :D

Please fill in your profile . - ray76, Sep 15, 2014

Answer 1

How about simply a spelling variant of vato.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=vato

The word Vato is Spanish for "dude",

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bato

Same definitions:

A Spanish slang term that originated in Sinaloa,Mexico that is a rough equivalent of "Dude". Its most common in Northern Mexico and by Hispanic immigrants in the United Sates.

Two dudes seems quite likely to me.

Thank you! Two dudes makes much more sense than two baths or two simpletons! - FelizDanza, Sep 14, 2014

Answer 2

It couldn't be this, could it?

With my rusty Spanish, I gather that Bato is/are one/two mythological figure(s) of Greek mythology with stuttering problems. These could possibly be where it caught on its meaning of 'simpleton'. Maybe.

Answer 3

You can do this in the future when you want to know a word. Click on MENU then Translation and type your word in the box and click the green button Translate.

Here's the singular of batos: click on it

bato

Thank you for the tip on translations. Dos Batos translates as two baths or two simpletons, which seems odd to me for a restaurant name. I thought perhaps it's more of a slang term that I don't understand. Maybe it means two fathers? - FelizDanza, Sep 14, 2014