noun, masculine/ˈpato/plural: patos
pato is masculine in Spanish.
duck, drake; homosexual, faggot; sockpuppet
Synonyms: ánade, puto, joto, marico
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بَّطّ (paṭṭ), from Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ, “duck”), from Persian بَت (bat, “duck”). Sense of "homosexual" may be related to the Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “to suffer, to be passive”).