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mate.

maté (Ilex paraguariensis) (a shrub native to southern South America)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈma.t͡ʃi/Brazil/ˈma.tɨ/Portugal
  1. maté (Ilex paraguariensis) (a shrub native to southern South America)

    South-Brazil · masculine · uncountable
  2. maté (a beverage prepared from the leaves of this plant)

    South-Brazil · masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish mate, borrowed from Quechua mati.

verb/ˈma.t͡ʃi/Brazil/ˈma.tɨ/Portugal
  1. inflection of matar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive

    South-Brazil · first-person · form-of · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of matar: third-person singular imperative

    South-Brazil · form-of · imperative · singular · third-person
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