Example sentences for: bato

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

  • See also Bato; Cholos; Pachucos

  • 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.”

  • The bato is often mentioned in connection with his barrio, as in el vato loco del Hoyo Mara.

  • 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.

  • , bato (guy, as in bato loco), califas (California), hay te wuacho (I’ll be seeing you), and la pinta (jail/prison) have been used for generations.


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