mateo

See also: Mateo and mateó

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [maˈteo]
Rhymes: -eo
Hyphenation: ma‧te‧o

Noun

mateo (accusative singular mateon, plural mateoj, accusative plural mateojn)

mate, yerba mate

Derived terms

matearbo (“yarba mate”)

Spanish

Adjective

mateo (feminine matea, masculine plural mateos, feminine plural mateas)

(colloquial, Chile) geeky
Synonym: empollón

Noun

mateo m (plural mateos, feminine matea, feminine plural mateas)

(colloquial, Chile) swot, geek, nerd
Synonym: empollón

Verb

mateo

first-person singular present indicative of matear

Further reading

“mateo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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