matate

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtate/ [maˈt̪a.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: ma‧ta‧te

Etymology 1

From Classical Nahuatl mātlatl (“net”).

Noun

matate m (plural matates)

1. (Honduras) bag-shaped net

Etymology 2

Verb

matate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of matar combined with te

Further reading

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