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Refers to a beginner or someone who lacks experience and skill in a specific job. It is a rookie who is still learning the ropes and has not yet mastered the trade.
Don't give the new guy such hard tasks because he is still very pato and he will get confused.
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A bold, lazy person who takes advantage of others, acts entitled, or mooches off friends and family (often used for someone who shows up uninvited or overstays their welcome).
That guy is a huge pato. That pato came over and ate everything.
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A gay man (a common and often disparaging slang term in Puerto Rico, literally translating to duck).
That man has never been married, I think he is a Pato.
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A derogatory slang term used to refer to a gay man (while the word literally means duck, in this context it is used as a slur).
Don't be a Pato. Are you a Pato or what?
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A slowpoke driver who holds up traffic by driving at a snail's pace. It also describes a naive or gullible person who is easy to cheat in business or everyday life.
Hurry up a bit, you are going real pato and we already have a long line of cars behind us.
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A very common term in Nicaraguan slang referring to a gay man. It is used colloquially, though it usually has a derogatory connotation or is used to mock someone's sexual orientation (literally means duck).
Seriously! If the whole neighborhood already knows that guy is a pato, I do not know why he acts like he does not know.
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Used to describe a person who is broke or has completely run out of money. It is a very common Chilean expression for being short on cash.
I would love to go to that concert with you, but I am super pato because I have not been paid my salary yet.
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A vulgar and derogatory slur for a gay man.
That guy is a pato, did you not know? or Silvia's brother is a pato.
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An equestrian sport, declared the national game in 1953, which consists of using a stick to snag a handled ball and throwing it into a hoop (the name refers to the live duck originally used in the game; gauchos are South American cowboys).
Pato is a sport played among the gauchos.
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