I bought a dog from the humanes society and the family that owned him first named him something like 'veto' or 'vato' do these words mean anything in spanish?
2007-01-20 08:12:10 · 6 answers · asked by smileysweetits 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
"vato" s a word. It's like slang....It's pronounced (bah-toe)
It means the slang of man. Like when a girl refers to her significant other as her man.....she would say "mi vato". In the case of the dog....They probably named him that as a sense of being strong like a man.
I speak spanish so I know what I'm talking about.
2007-01-21 01:19:49 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Veto" means "veto" (that is, an authoritative prohibition).
"Beto" is a common nickname for men named "Alberto".
"Vato" is used by some Mexicans (especially young men and men with little education) to refer to an individual. It is the equivalent of "dude".
I know of a couple of people who have named their dog "Beto". It would make no sense no name your dog "Vato" or "Veto".
2007-01-20 17:25:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
lol vato is like DUDE this word is used in The North part of mexico Like Tijuana etc
2007-01-20 16:56:53 · answer #3 · answered by Fixu 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I agree completely with Bear1977. The dog´s name must be Beto.
2007-01-20 18:10:42 · answer #4 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's just a nickname that a Hispanic calls another Hispanic, used most commonly in Mexico.
2007-01-20 16:21:46 · answer #5 · answered by Andrea 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no. it's a name, like justin. it doesn't mean anything.
2007-01-20 16:44:12 · answer #6 · answered by vivian2grimaldo 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋