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  • noun Plural form of vato.

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Examples

  • I've been chased by them for some reason but my Honda outran their SUV packed with "vatos".

    Local "Ethnic Cleansing" Verdict: GUILTY 2006

  • SOCKEL hola!!! soy sockel one!!! pues la neta me late lo ke hicieron esos cabrones, ya ke la neta no pude ir, pero ahi para la otra lokos jeje!!! me largo ya!!! cuidense vatos!!! saludos para las morritas grafitteras de monterrey.att. sockel one!!!

    Global Voices in English » Mexico: Young Graffiti Writers Arrested in Monterrey 2009

  • He was Evel Knievel, pulling off near-death-defying stunts—creeping into enemy territory, just so that he could, as it were, stick his thumbs in his ears, loll his tongue, and say “neener neener neener” at a bola of vatos that hated him in a big way.

    Tattoos on the Heart Gregory Boyle 2010

  • O'Nan quotes a poem at the beginning of the novel that ends with the line "All the vatos never in a poem" and that's what Manny is - a regular guy who would never normally be the subject of either poetry or fiction.

    Archive 2009-04-01 tinylittlelibrarian 2009

  • O'Nan quotes a poem at the beginning of the novel that ends with the line "All the vatos never in a poem" and that's what Manny is - a regular guy who would never normally be the subject of either poetry or fiction.

    Review: Last Night at the Lobster tinylittlelibrarian 2009

  • Instead, the hero went off with a band of puny wisecracking vatos to save the day.

    A special invitation from the Geena Davis Institute Kevin Koch 2008

  • Barack Obamas reminded of those two vatos who give Selena and her family a lift, when their touring bus breaks down.

    Okay. I'm up for it tonight. I'm live-blogging Hillary Night at the Democratic Convention. Ann Althouse 2008

  • Sorry Tom, you vatos knew going in that you were violating the State Constitution.

    David Hernandez: How to break up LAUSD 2007

  • It was a major boulevard, so Turtle knew to be careful, since Lote M vatos probably cruised Third Street looking to bust any McBride Boy, so she turned on Eastern.

    Their Dogs Came With Them Helena María Viramontes 2007

  • The Lote M vatos gave no warning, so it must be the cops.

    Their Dogs Came With Them Helena María Viramontes 2007

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