mateo
Spanish, noun
mateo is spelled M-A-T-E-O (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,810th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mateo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “swot, geek, nerd” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of matear. With an accent, mateó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of matear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tipo de carruaje ligero, tirado por dos caballos, y provisto de no más de dos asientos enfrentados, con la…”.
What does mateo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialgeeky
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineswot, geek, nerd
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of matear
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of matear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice del alumno que pasa el tiempo estudiando para obtener buenas notas.
noun: 1. Tipo de carruaje ligero, tirado por dos caballos, y provisto de no más de dos asientos enfrentados, con la capota plegable.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mateo
- matea feminine
- mateos masculine plural
- mateas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mateo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mateo in Spanish?
mateo appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).