mayate
Spanish, noun/maˈʝate/
mayate is spelled M-A-Y-A-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish, the 187,919th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mayate is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “figeater beetle, June bug (Cotinis mutabilis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person singular voseo imperative of mayar combined with te. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Cotinis mutabilis) Insecto coleóptero polífago de la familia de los escarabeidos (Scarabaeidae). Se halla en…”.
What does mayate mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefigeater beetle, June bug (Cotinis mutabilis)
- 2
Mexicomasculineslangactive (top) homosexual or bisexual
- 3
USderogatorymasculineslangblack person
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of mayar combined with te
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Cotinis mutabilis) Insecto coleóptero polífago de la familia de los escarabeidos (Scarabaeidae). Se halla en la mitad sur de América del Norte. 2. Hombre que sostiene relaciones sexuales con otros hombres, indistintamente de su orientación sexual, a cambio de un beneficio.
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 mayate
- mayates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mayate?
- /maˈʝate/
- [maˈʝa.t̪e]
- [maˈʝat̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mayate in Spanish?
mayate appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).