mateo

== Esperanto == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maˈteo/ Rhymes: -eo Syllabification: ma‧te‧o === Noun === mateo (accusative singular mateon, plural mateoj, accusative plural mateojn) maté, yerba mate ==== Derived terms ==== == 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) (colloquial, Chile) geeky Synonym: empollón ==== Noun ==== mateo m (plural mateos, feminine matea, feminine plural mateas) (colloquial, Chile) swot, geek, nerd Synonym: empollón === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== mateo 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025