nato means "born" or "born", while innate has two meanings: "not born" or "born with", depending on the context in which it is used.
Both words are adjectives in Portuguese and have very similar meanings, but with some subtle differences in semantics.
The word nato comes from the Latin natus, participle of the verb nascor, which means “to be born”. The word innate was also originated from the Latin innatus.
Innate can still be used in the sense that a given thing had no beginning, while it can also mean "something that was born with the individual".
Due to the different meanings that both words can have, depending on the context in which are inserted, there is a lot of confusion and doubt among people about the correct use of nato and innate.
As a rule, innate is often used in the description of some illnesses or personal faculties, which are already born with the human being.
Nato is used when we say something like: “He is a born artist”, which means that a certain person was “born an artist”, or “born Brazilian”, which means that he was “born Brazilian”.
Learn more about the meaning of congenital.
When it is said that someone has “innate conditions”, it means that this same person was born with the capacity to perform a certain activity, for example.
The best way to understand the difference between these terms is to associate innate with “born”, and innate with “born with”.
In short, the birth generally qualifies the living being (who was born), while the innate is related to the particular conditions or characteristics that this being has (who was born with).
Example: “he is a born politician" and "Politics is innate to the boy”.
The cases in which innate assumes the meaning of “not born” are less common, but can happen in phrases such as “innate child”, which means “unborn child”.
See also the meaning of innateness.