mates

• IPA^(key): /meɪts/

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• Rhymes: -eɪts

mates

1. plural of mate

mates

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mate

mates (not comparable)

1. Friendly; having a friendship (with).

   He is mates with my brother.

• Only used as a predicate.

• chummy (British), chums (British), friendly, friends, pally (British), pals (British)

• AEMTs, MTase, Mesta, STEAM, Satem, a-stem, matse, meats, metas, satem, stame, steam, tames, teams

mates

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of matar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.təs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈma.tes]

mates f pl (plural only)

1. (informal) maths

mates

1. second-person singular present indicative of matar

mates

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of mater

• semât

mates

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of matar

mates

1. plural of mate

mates

1. passive form of mate

mates

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of matar

• IPA^(key): /ˈmates/ [ˈma.t̪es]
• Rhymes: -ates
• Syllabification: ma‧tes

Clipping of matemáticas.

mates f pl (plural only)

1. (colloquial) maths, math (study)

mates

1. plural of mate

mates

1. plural of mate

mates

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of matar

• “mates”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024