maté
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mate" and mate
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Mate_en_calabaza.jpg/220px-Mate_en_calabaza.jpg)
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati.
Noun
maté (countable and uncountable, plural matés)
- (countable) An evergreen tree, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., native to South America, cultivated for its leaves.
- (uncountable) A beverage, resembling tea, made from the dried leaves of this plant.
- (countable) A cup of this drink.
Synonyms
- (tree): yerba mate, yerba maté
- (beverage): maté tea
Translations
shrub that produces the beverage maté
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the beverage maté
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Anagrams
Asturian
Verb
(deprecated template usage) maté
French
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati.
Noun
maté m (plural matés)
Etymology 2
Verb
maté (feminine matée, masculine plural matés, feminine plural matées)
- past participle of mater
Anagrams
Spanish
Verb
maté
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- English hyperforeign terms
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