Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pateros

/pɐˈtɛ.ɾos/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: pa-teros
IPA: /pɐˈtɛ.ɾos/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An independent municipality in Metro Manila, Philippines.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Pateros, from pateros, the plural of patero (“duck hunter”), from pato (“duck”) + -ero.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pato

Questions

How do you pronounce pateros?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɐˈtɛ.ɾos/.
What does pateros mean?: An independent municipality in Metro Manila, Philippines.
Where does pateros come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Pateros, from pateros, the plural of patero (“duck hunter”), from pato (“duck”) + -ero.

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