Spanish word.
Meaning: Vato is to the 50 and older crowd what buey is to the younger generation. In other words, dude or guy. According to the Urban Dictionary it's Mexican slang and can mean dude or homeboy.. Vato. 1  Sep 28, 2009. | 2  link. | 3  flag. 4  That is generally how it is used here in Southeast Texas-Izanoni1 Sep 28, 2009 flag. But I know is mainly used by mexican gang members to talk to each other kind of how some gang members here say what's up dog! or Hey hommie !!!or something like that they mess up all the languages and you can barely now what they are saying so I guess it depends on what you where lisening to. 1  Sep 19, 2008. | 2  link. | 3  flag. Making the world better, one answer at a time. vato is a chicano word or gangster member word,used commonly in CALIFORNIA L.A. and Mexico,mean pal,bro,dude, if u said that, u sound rude!!! RE: What does the spanish word &quot;vato&quot; mean? I am reading a novel right now where one character keeps calling the other &quot;vato&quot;, however, when I went to babelfish to get a translation, it said vato means &quot;I beat&quot;. Somehow I don&#39;t think this is the context that the word is being used in. Mexican slang for man... there is some kind of respect implicit on this word to the guy referred as vato. Vato is a guy who means business. But I know is mainly used by mexican gang members to talk to each other kind of how some gang members here say what's up dog! or Hey hommie !!!or something like that they mess up all the languages and you can barely now what they are saying so I guess it depends on what you where lisening to. 1  Sep 18, 2008. | 2  link. | 3  flag.
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