What does vato mean?
Vato means (Chicano slang) A Hispanic youth; a guy; a dude..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Chicano slang) A Hispanic youth; a guy; a dude..
Say sergeant, my primo from Osten is over there. A real crazy vato, man.
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Two of the pursuers broke cover, a zoot-suited vato armed with a sacred Thompson gun and a thugee in dirty robes with a nineteenth century Martini carbine.
Use vato when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Vato means (Chicano slang) A Hispanic youth; a guy; a dude..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Say sergeant, my primo from Osten is over there. A real crazy vato, man.
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