mateo

See also: Mateo and mateó

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

maté, yerba mate

Derived terms

matearbo (“yerba mate”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maˈteo/ [maˈt̪e.o]
Rhymes: -eo
Syllabification: ma‧te‧o

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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