"Bato" this is the proper way to spell it, also is the equvalent of bro un xicano comunities and amongst cholos in Mexico.
Can also mean my boyfriend "mi bato"
and this guy "este bato"
(VAY-TORE) Slang terminollagy replacing the word elevator.Often found in residential houses with a grandma liuetennant patrol officer charging $.05 cents a ride. This is no normal vator, your life will change after riding the vator. And your expieriences will not end until the day you die.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.