yerba mate

See also: yerba maté

English

Alternative forms

• herva maté, yerba maté

Etymology

From South American Spanish yerba mate (literally “maté herb”).

Noun

yerba mate (plural yerba mates)

1. Ilex paraguariensis, a plant used to make maté.

Translations

Translations

• Polish: yerba mate (pl) f
• Spanish: yerba mate (es) f, hierba mate f, caaminí m (well grinded)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish yerba mate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛr.ba ˈma.tɛ/

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Noun

yerba mate f (indeclinable)

1. maté, yerba mate (shrub that produces the beverage maté)

   Synonym: mate

2. maté, yerba mate (beverage maté)

   Synonym: mate

Further reading

• yerba mate in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• yerba mate in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌʝeɾba ˈmate/ [ˌɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a ˈma.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˌʝeɾba ˈmate/ [ˌɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a ˈma.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˌʃeɾba ˈmate/ [ˌʃeɾ.β̞a ˈma.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˌʒeɾba ˈmate/ [ˌʒeɾ.β̞a ˈma.t̪e]

• Syllabification: yer‧ba ma‧te

Noun

yerba mate f (uncountable)

1. Ilex paraguariensis, a plant used to make maté

   Synonyms: mate, hierba mate

Further reading

• “yerba mate”, 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