<![CDATA[Bato]]>spanish for dude (mainly used in Puerto Rico)

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/42471/batoRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 04:53:46 GMTMon, 17 Apr 2017 07:46:35 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Bato on Tue, 02 Mar 2021 08:34:02 GMT]]>Term refering to a white person. Similar to [gringo]. Typically used by Mexicans.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/109735https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/109735Tue, 02 Mar 2021 08:34:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bato on Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:34:03 GMT]]>Someone whom you CANNOT trust udner any circumstances.
Often manipulative.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/109734https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/109734Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:34:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bato on Sun, 23 Apr 2017 10:53:55 GMT]]>A word meaning a male gangster. made popular during the time of the zoot suiters, mainly by the play and movie Zoot Suit.
Also is used as a nick name for mexican and spanish guys.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/109733https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/109733Sun, 23 Apr 2017 10:53:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bato on Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:10:42 GMT]]>This word is defined properly (dude, or guy). It comes from the Spanish word novato, usually meaning rookie or novice, or sometimes a friend.

In Spanish the letters B and V have nearly the same sound, and when they shortened the word novato in everyday speech, most people said or wrote bato; vato is correct as well.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/84099https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/84099Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:10:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bato on Thu, 25 Mar 2021 06:34:02 GMT]]>A Spanish slang term that originated in Sinaloa,Mexico that is a rough equivalent of Dude. Its most common in Northern Mexico and by Hispanic immigrants in the United Sates. Often use with the word [ese] as shown in the example. Often used
in Spanglish

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