vato
Spanish, noun/ˈbato/
vato is spelled V-A-T-O (4 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,508th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vato is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “guy; dude; boyfriend; significant other” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Se utiliza para referirse a un hombre cualquiera, o como forma de llamar a un amigo”.
What does vato mean in English?
noun
- 1
MexicoUSmasculineslangguy; dude; boyfriend; significant other
Coordinate term: morra
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Se utiliza para referirse a un hombre cualquiera, o como forma de llamar a un amigo.
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 vato
- vatos plural
- vata feminine
- vatas feminine plural
- bato alternative
- jato alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vato?
- /ˈbato/
- [ˈba.t̪o]
- [ˈbat̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vato in Spanish?
vato appears 1.5 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).