An indigenous Mexican native word that refers to a type of beetle, but is used as a derogatory term for persons of African descent. Similar to the “N -word”.

When some little bitchboy is acting like a little tiny pee pee poo poo baby and messing up the group plans.

Mayate. Colloquial from Mexico. Mayate is used to refer to a gay man. Nothing to do with black people or slaves. Check definition in spanish Mayate: Hombre homosexual. Synonyms for mayate are joto, puto, maricon, volteado, invertido,marica.

According to the Real Academia Española, mayate is derogatory word for gay man, in México, while no reference to it as a derogatory word for a person of African descent is mentioned.

Mayate is a mexican term used to insult a male person for having homosexual attitudes.

In Mexico, a mayate is a bisexual man who won't ever accept he likes men, he will proudly life a heterosexual life but in secret meet gay men for casual sex. It is not offensive but mostly funny. It has absolutely nothing to do with race or skin color.