yerba mate

[yair-buh mah-tey, mat-ey, yur-buh]

noun

1. a variant form of mate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of yerba mate¹

First recorded in 1835–40; from South American Spanish: yerba “herb” + mate ³

Example Sentences

For three generations his family has grown yerba mate, a drink popular with Argentines, but since Milei deregulated his industry by scrapping minimum prices, he says that his crops have become worth less than the cost of producing them.

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Martínez said she enjoyed trying Argentine specialties including empanadas and yerba mate and also came away with a deep fascination for Wilson’s phalaropes.

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“Yerba mate gives us harmony and strength,” said Isabelino Mendez, an Indigenous village chief in Misiones.

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To downsize the state, Milei seeks to scrap price controls and other regulations affecting a range of markets, including yerba mate.

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Over yerba mate and torta fritas, his mother, Ederlinda Miguelina Yelón, passed along the knowledge she had stored in Chaná, a throaty language spoken by barely moving the lips or tongue.

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