Mae

Mae

An informal and shortened version of mother or mom, typical of street slang. It is often used between close friends or to insult someone by mentioning their mother (it is a clipped form of the word madre).

Go home and stop fucking around, your mae has been looking for you for a while!

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Colombiaby Cachaco BogotáDecember 9, 2025

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Mae

A casual way to address a friend, acquaintance, or anyone you know well, similar to dude or bro. It is frequently used to get someone's attention in informal conversations.

Look, mae, if you do not hurry up the bus will leave us behind.

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Guatemalaby AnónimoMay 26, 2023

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Mae

This term is a variation of maje, which was the original word. Over many years, possibly due to phonetic changes, younger people transitioned to using Mae, while older generations continue to use the original maje. It refers to someone who is a fool or gullible.

Don't be a Mae (dummy, idiot, jerk): You're a Mae (you believe everything).

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• #mae
• #maje-nicaragua

Nicaraguaby AnónimoJuly 30, 2020

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Mae

Mae is a ubiquitous colloquialism in Costa Rica used to mean dude, guy, or man. It is a phonetic variation of maje, a word used in Mexico and Central America to describe a fool or someone who is naive. While maje often remains an insult, Costa Ricans dropped the middle consonant to create Mae, which evolved into a friendly way to address peers or a general filler word. The common idiom hacerse el Mae means to play dumb or pretend not to know something. (Cultural note: Tiquicia is a slang term for Costa Rica itself, where Mae has become a defining characteristic of the local dialect).

He played the Mae when they questioned him.

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• #«se-hizo-el-maje-cuando-lo-interrogaron»...”.

Costa Ricaby AnónimoMarch 17, 2009

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Mae

A casual term for a person, similar to dude, guy, or bro (in Costa Rica, it is used constantly to address friends, strangers, or even as a filler word).

What is up Mae, all good?

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• #amigo
• #compa

Costa Ricaby AnónimoMay 25, 2007

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Mae

Friend, buddy, or guy. While often associated with Costa Rica, the term is said to have originated in Nicaragua during the 19th-century American military presence (the era of William Walker) as a phonetic blend of the English words man and men.

I am a cool Mae. That Mae is crazy.

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• #pana
• #tipo
• #amigo

Nicaraguaby AnónimoNovember 27, 2014

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