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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pa•to (pä′tō; Sp. pä′tô),USA pronunciation n. - Games, Sportan Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 ft. (2.7 m) high pole.
- American Spanish; Spanish: duck (of obscure origin, originally; perh. origin, originally a nursery word, akin to pata leg, foot (of an animal); compare paw1); the game was allegedly first played with a duck in a skin or leather bag
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