mates
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meɪts/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪts
Adjective
mates (not comparable)
- Friendly; having a friendship (with).
- He is mates with my brother.
Usage notes
- Only used as a predicate.
Asturian
Catalan
Galician
Middle English
Norwegian Bokmål
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmates/ [ˈma.t̪es]
- Rhymes: -ates
- Syllabification: ma‧tes
Etymology 1
Clipping of matemáticas.
Further reading
- “mates”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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