piloto

piloto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pilotar

Borrowed from Spanish piloto.

• Hyphenation: pi‧lo‧to
• IPA^(key): /piˈloto/ [piˈl̪o.to]

piloto

1. pilot

   Synonym: paralayog

• IPA^(key): /piˈloto/
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: pi‧lo‧to

piloto (accusative singular piloton, plural pilotoj, accusative plural pilotojn)

1. pilot

• piloti
• pilotino

pilotar (“to pilot”) +‎ -o (“noun”)

piloto (plural piloti)

1. piloting

piloto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pilotare

• Polito, polito

Borrowed from Italian pilota, from Late Latin pillottus.

• pilôto (pre-reform spelling)

• Rhymes: -otu
• Hyphenation: pi‧lo‧to

piloto m or f by sense (plural pilotos, feminine piloto or pilota, feminine plural pilotos or pilotas)

1. (nautical) pilot; helmsman
2. (aviation) pilot (person who controls the aircraft)
3. (motor racing) racing driver
4. (television) pilot (sample episode of a proposed TV series)
5. pilot light

   Synonym: chama piloto

6. pilot fish

   Synonym: peixe-piloto

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Rhymes: -ɔtu
• Hyphenation: pi‧lo‧to

piloto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pilotar

• “piloto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “piloto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /piˈloto/ [piˈlo.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: pi‧lo‧to

Borrowed from Italian pilota.

piloto m or f by sense (plural pilotos, feminine piloto or pilota, feminine plural pilotos or pilotas)

1. pilot
2. driver (racing)
3. flashing light
4. (Bolivia, Southern Cone) ellipsis of chaqueta piloto (“rainjacket”, literally “flight jacket”)

   Synonym: impermeable

• The feminine form pilota to describe a female pilot or driver is uncommon. The preferred form is una piloto.

• piloto automático
• piloto de prueba

• → Tagalog: piloto

piloto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pilotar

• aviador

• “piloto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “piloto”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

• piluto

Borrowed from Spanish piloto, from Italian piloto, from pilota, from Byzantine Greek *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, “oarblade, oar”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /piˈloto/ [pɪˈloː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: pi‧lo‧to

piloto (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜓᜆᜓ)

1. pilot

   Synonyms: (aviation) abyador, (aviation) aeronawta, (nautical) bangkero

• “piloto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 483: “Piloto) Piloto (pp) C. de qualquier nauio”