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Example sentences for: bato
How can you use “bato” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
In standard Spanish, bato means “simpleton” or “foolish fellow,” and it has been in use in rural areas of New Mexico since the seventeenth century.
, 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.
See also Bato; Cholos; Pachucos
One character is named Bato, as in bato loco (crazy guy), a phrase of contemporary usage among Chicanos 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.”