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