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)

1. maté, yerba mate

Derived terms

• matearbo (“yerba mate”)

 

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Adjective

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

1. (colloquial, Chile) geeky

   Synonym: empollón

Noun

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

1. (colloquial, Chile) swot, geek, nerd

   Synonym: empollón

Etymology 2

Verb

mateo

1. first-person singular present indicative of matear

Further reading

• “mateo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10