Example sentences for: bato

How can you use “bato” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The bato loco, or vato loco, is the descendent of the pachuco and a close relation of today’s cholo (urban youth).

  • 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.

  • In Chicano communities, in-group chatter, and published literature one frequently comes across the expression bato loco, meaning a “crazy guy,” a “cool dude,” or a “wise guy.”

  • In the novel The Road to Tamazunchale, Ron Arias creates a streetwise character, a bato named Mario, who acts as a sidekick to the main character, Fausto.


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