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Example sentences for: bato
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Another good example of the life of a bato loco is “La Vida de un Bato Loco,” a short memoir written by an informant of Linda Katz, reproduced in her thesis on the pachuco language and culture written for a master’s degree at the University of California, Los Angeles.
The bato loco is tantamount to an archetype in Chicano culture; he is that crazy guy who isn’t afraid of life.
See also Bato; Cholos
Bato was a word incorporated into the pachuco jargon of the 1940s, and it is still very much a part of Chicano vocabulary today.
For the contemporary Chicano male, el bato loco is not only a symbol of ethnic identity but also an icon of the urban coming-of-age experience itself.