matey (redirected from matiest)

mat·ey  (mt)

adj. Chiefly British

Sociable; friendly.

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matey, maty [ˈmeɪtɪ] Brit informal

adj

friendly or intimate; on good terms

n

friend or fellow: usually used in direct address

mateyness , matiness n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

matey - (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals chummy, pally, palsy-walsy colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech friendly - characteristic of or befitting a friend; "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess"

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matey

adjective (Brit. informal) friendly, intimate, comradely, thick (informal), pally (informal), amiable, sociable, chummy (informal), free-and-easy, companionable, clubby, buddy-buddy (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), hail-fellow-well-met, palsy-walsy (informal) her irritatingly matey tone

Translations

matey [ˈmeɪtɪ]

A. ADJ (Brit) [person] → afable, simpático; [atmosphere] → acogedor; [gathering] → informal, familiar
she's quite matey with my wife → es bastante amiga con mi mujer

B. N (Brit) (in direct address) → chico, hijo

matey [ˈmeɪti] adj (British) → copain-copain inv

matey (Brit inf)

adj (+er) person → freundlich, kollegial; (pej) → vertraulich; atmosphere → freundschaftlich, kollegial; gathering → vertraulich; careful what you say, he’s matey with the director → sei vorsichtig mit dem, was du sagst, er steht mit dem Direktor auf Du und Du; he was getting just a bit too matey with my wife → er wurde ein wenig zu vertraulich mit meiner Frau

n → Kumpel m; (warningly) → Freundchen nt (inf)

matey [ˈmeɪtɪ] adj (Brit) (fam) → amicone/a

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matey [ˈmeɪtɪ] adj (Brit) (fam) → amicone/a