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ATE

17:48 Jun 14, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Slang / possible abbreviation
Spanish term or phrase: ATE
From a police report, victim is reporting what was said to him:
"contrario date por muerto hijodeputa. ate. chinga tu madre."

What does "ate" mean in this context?

Country: Guatemala
Robin Ragan
United States


Summary of answers provided
3atte./attentively
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
2go / get out / get away
Chema Nieto Castañón
1milksop / sissy / coward
JohnMcDove


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
atte./attentively


Explanation:
Una manera sarcástica de poner un mensaje como amenaza: ate./atentamente.

I think it is a sarcastic way to close a vindicative message:atte./attentively. Truly yours. Sincerly.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 03:30
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Carter: I think you're right, although it took both my wife and my daughter to convince me that someone would use this in spoken speech (myself, I've never heard someone use it like that).
1 hr
  -> Gracias Robert!
disagree  JohnMcDove: No, I doubt it very much. It would not match with the overall register. /(And since there are no answer to my query, I have to disagree, instead of my original "neutral".) If there is some data I might be missing I am willing to change my viewpoint.
3 hrs
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Date (date el piro, vete)
go / get out / get away


Explanation:
En el contexto probablemente sea "date" (largo, vete) -o bien un typo por otro insulto original... También puedes leerlo, en función del contexto más amplio, como una fórmula final, con la idea de andando, venga, ala, vale ya.

Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 10:30
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 6
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
milksop / sissy / coward


Explanation:
http://www.jergasdehablahispana.org/Index.php?pais=Guatemala...

This is a "uneducated" guess, in the sense that it could be a slang usage of "aguacate", abbreviated to "ate".

Particularly after calling him "son of a bitch"

Saludos cordiales.

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Note added at 9 hrs (2019-06-15 03:39:19 GMT)
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The other possibility is "cuate" as in "man" "dude" "bud" "buddy"

http://www.jergasdehablahispana.org/Index.php?pais=Guatemala...

JohnMcDove
United States
Local time: 01:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 9
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