What does....VATO mean?

by **848lu** » Jan 10th, '07, 20:50

What does VATO mean?

any1? snoop has a song called that

by **Lil Pimp Tell 'Em** » Jan 10th, '07, 20:56

homeboy, its spanish

by **848lu** » Jan 10th, '07, 21:01

Lil PimP wrote:homeboy, its spanish

but still...what is it....cuz he chats about beefs...and fights

by **Lil Pimp Tell 'Em** » Jan 10th, '07, 21:03

848lu wrote:
Lil PimP wrote:homeboy, its spanish

but still...what is it....cuz he chats about beefs...and fights

hes sayin
homeboy u wont believe what i saw
see?

by **848lu** » Jan 10th, '07, 21:05

erm...ok

by **Rob** » Jan 11th, '07, 22:13

Vato (also Bato) is Chicano slang equivalent to "man", "dude", pal, or brother. It can also be used to refer to a fellow gang member. According to the Chicano poet Luis Alberto Urrea, the word originated in Pachuco slang of the 1940s, and is derived from "the once-common friendly insult chivato, or goat. It had a slightly unacceptable air to it, which the Locos and Weesas of the Chuco world enjoyed. They were able to take the sting out of racism by calling themselves a bunch of names assimilated 'good Mexicans' didn't like."

The bato loco, ("crazy dude", "cool guy") is someone who is "fully immersed in la vida loca" ("the crazy life"). According to Rafaela Castro, "He may be a gang member, a drug user, or just an entertaining street person". Some scholars have characterized the bato loco as an archetype in Chicano culture.

wikipedia

by **Infliction** » Jan 12th, '07, 00:21

848lu wrote:erm...ok

I think u misunderstood pimp.. the word means "homeboy" Check wat rob posted its the most accurate.

by **pawel** » Jan 12th, '07, 16:09

I didn't know it either, it doesn't even mean anything special

but why do they use a spanish word? B-Real ain't spanish, nor is Snoop :confusion:

by **Tomega** » Jan 12th, '07, 16:10

pawel wrote:I didn't know it either, it doesn't even mean anything special but why do they use a spanish word? B-Real ain't spanish, nor is Snoop

california is :P

by **pawel** » Jan 12th, '07, 16:11

Tomega wrote:
pawel wrote:I didn't know it either, it doesn't even mean anything special but why do they use a spanish word? B-Real ain't spanish, nor is Snoop

california is :P

oh xD lmao on that. Do they speak Spanish in Cali, or just a lot of Mexican people and shit?

by **,-,'-{Bar}-',-,** » Jan 12th, '07, 16:38

hey VATO you wont beileive what i saw

hey HOMIE you wont beileive what i saw

simple as that :sweating:

by **Chino562** » Jan 12th, '07, 19:10

^what he said

by **Ethos** » Jan 13th, '07, 02:32

b-real is hispanic :whistle:

and snoop hangs out with many hispanics (ie. daddy yankee, big pun R.I.P.)

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What does....VATO mean?

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