yerba mate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yerba mate
First recorded in 1835–40; from South American Spanish: yerba “herb” + mate 3
Example Sentences
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Finally, ian kicks off his sneakers, sits cross-legged on an office chair, cracks a can of yerba mate and presses play.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
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.
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2024
By 6 p.m., hundreds of people, mostly 20-somethings, were milling among the racks and drinking free cans of yerba mate.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2023
Not many drinks can offer the health benefits of tea, the strength of coffee, and the joy of chocolate like South America’s super brew, yerba mate.
From National Geographic • Jun. 7, 2023
Asked what he required at our hands the beggar replied that he wanted yerba mate, sugar, bread, and some hard biscuits, also cut tobacco and paper for cigarettes and some leaf tobacco for cigars.
From Far Away and Long Ago by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
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