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La manera correcta de escribirla es BATO Hace muchos años que se utiliza el mismo sonido para la letra be y para la letra uve, cosa que induce fácilmente en errores a la hora de escribir. So this definition is now in mothballs except if you like to explore where you're not likely to fit in obviously. Son correctas las formas vato y bato por igual. La palabra vato contiene una uve que en realidad es una be. A lot of slang just doesn't seem worth it to get upset about it, or so bad anymore. REMASTERED IN HDOfficial Music Video for Vato performed by Snoop Dogg.Follow Snoop Dogg. is with the most bitter contempt.For the Anglo, he better have a lot of his "Homies" with him is all I'm saying, if he's in another's territory, he better have a fast plan.īut like lot of swears have lost or changed meanings. Vato, with a v, is also used, but has a different connotation, and can be seen as vulgar and offensive. A VERY DERISIVE term, when applied between an anglo and a lowrider, or a blood and a crip, always a terrible fight commenced.Ī cholo (lowrider) speaking to a cholo is one thing but said to an anglo/etc. or vato bah toh JWhat does bato mean Bato is a Spanish slang term that means, roughly, guy, buddy, or dude. VATO**Something that will eat just about anything!**VATO Just to be called that or call someone else that.

However, you can also use the slang phrase hacer el paro if you want to ask someone for help or to give you a hand. In Mexico, poner paros means ‘to give excuses’. People also use this term to say ‘boyfriend’. One's eating like it-But this thing, as in "!Oye' vat-OH! It means more or less where pride's hurt, or machismo must be proven. Bato or vato is a Mexican slang word for ‘guy’. ago used: "Don't let 'em get your goat!" What I know from the animal, those that raise them are as tough as Tenacity for survival that is both ridiculed and honored-Like the turkey a goat can be pretty adapted at getting along in rough environments.Ĭommon expression in the U.S. These are animals that will chew on cans, bite thru wire, and have a Recall it occurs to me again.As a form of reference that VATO means basically, a billy goat. Insects are really big as a food, too in Central and South America. I remember this mostly as a California/Central America thing. Roadkill, wormsĪnd a lot of various kinds of stuffing you'd see on The Travel Channel with Andrew Hermes, sumamente indignado por lo ocurrido lo convirtió en piedra de toque, indiscreta como Bato y que no sabe ocultar nada porque pone de manifiesto la naturaleza de los metales al frotarlos con su superficie.Īlso found a lot of meanings of words like this used in diferent parts of Latin América I thought it might be of interest to some of you: It's in spanish.Many poor people I knew in the old days ate cactus or tripe soup. Hermes que era sumamente cuidadoso y muy prudente sospechó que el pastor no le sería muy fiel, así que adaptó otra forma humana y se acercó a Bato ofreciéndole un buey y un vestido completo, a cambio de que le indicase lo sucedido y el lugar exacto donde Hermes había escondido los rebaños. Según la RAE, es un hombre tonto, pero en México no tiene en general ese significado, sino que en el Occidente y el Noroeste se usa para hombre joven, de acuerdo a la Academia. I haven't figured out 'Hey Vato' Since I am listening and not reading I can't give a spelling. The word vata has the same meaning and represents a woman. Spanish or Tex/Mex is used through out the book Most I have been able to figure out. The term vato is uniquely male, and you can’t use it to describe girls or women. Hermes temerosa de que le denunciase, le ofreció un ternero a cambio de su silencio, y Bato acepto él trató. 1 vote I am listening a book set in San Antonio, TX. Cuando Hermes, siendo joven, robó el rebaño a Apolo, Bato fue el único testigo de tal suceso. I'm more likely to say something like "Hola amigo(a)" or " Hola morrita" since this is considered nicer than "bato"This got me wondering where the word came from I found thousands of answers in google, this is one of them:īato era un pastor que trabajaba en los bosques del rey Neleo. "¡Orale bato!" Yes it does mean something like guy, it is not something I usually would say to someone.
