mateo

/maˈteo/ · B2 · adj

geeky

🤓📚 mateo = Mateo, the classic bookish kid name → the class geek

In Spanish, mateo describes a studious, geeky person. It links to matemáticas (maths): the sound mat- in mateo echoes mate, so the maths-loving swot became the mateo.

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