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mayate.

figeater beetle, June bug (Cotinis mutabilis)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/maˈʝate/[maˈʝa.t̪e]/maˈʝate/[maˈʝa.t̪e]

  1. figeater beetle, June bug (Cotinis mutabilis)

    masculine

  2. active (top) homosexual or bisexual

    Mexico · masculine · slang

  3. black person

    US · derogatory · ethnic · masculine · slang · slur
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl mayātl.

verb/maˈʝate/[maˈʝa.t̪e]/maˈʝate/[maˈʝa.t̪e]

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of mayar combined with te

    form-of · imperative · object-second-person · object-singular · second-person · singular · with-voseo
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