vato
/ˈvɑːtəʊ
/(also bato)
noun (plural vatos) US informal
(In Spanish-speaking regions) used to address or refer to a man: a young vato is sitting on the curb get on down there, vato!...
- The young vato lets a whistle go out.
- The vato stays back to wash up and get ready when everyone's gone.
- I return home to New Mexico - as before, sandwiched between the vato and the sad blonde.
Origin
Mexican Spanish.
- Judas candle
- Judas color
- Judas-colored
- be (or be caught) in a cleft stick
- be (or come) along
- be (or come) late to the party
- be (or come) nowhere
- be (or find oneself) in a minority of one
- be (or get) across something
- be (or get) dialled in
- be (or get) lost in the shuffle
- be (or get) mixed up in
- be (or get) mixed up with
- be (or get) shut of
- be (or go) on the lash
- be (or go) on the piss
- be (or go) on the shicker
- be (or have a) down on
- be (or have something) written all over one (or one's face)
- be (or look) a picture
- be (or make) friends with
- be (or make) so bold (as to do something)
- be (or put oneself) in another person's shoes
- be (or stand) in awe of
- Beothuk