San ___, California (San Francisco suburb)

Usage examples of mateo.

Not the kind the picaro Mateo would recognize as a comedia, but one the indios understood well.

True, I had spoiled his sale, but it was Cervantes's name that had driven Mateo muy loco ciego, almost costing me my cojones and my head.

Everyone who could read had read it, and later I would also learn of other legendary picaros, including the poet-swordsman, Mateo Rosas de Oquendo.

I looked back, and Mateo drew his dagger and pointed it menacingly toward his crotch.

I had Mateo below, who would likewise geld me if I failed to give her the note.

However, he forbade my reading the other banned authors—such as Lope de Vega and Mateo Altman—even though Fray Juan often brought their books to him.

A group of notables, doñas and caballeros, were on the balcony of the building next to where Mateo was giving his performance.

I recognized them as the picara dancers who had performed when that rogue, Mateo, had recited "El Cid.

He waved his hand grandly in the direction of the man named Mateo, who had slipped through the crowd to stand beside the dwarf's barrel.

The dwarf who hawked comedias and ballads for him might boast that Mateo had written and performed before the crowned heads of Europe, but I was immune to such braggadocio.

The actors, except Mateo, wore false beards, and the two actresses wore wigs.

A dozen men rose to the challenge, and Mateo was about to take them on when the dwarf and the other actors intervened, pleading with Mateo and forcing him off the stage.

Like Mateo, the dwarf was more suited to play the peacock than the goose.

A tent was set up no more than a dozen feet from where Mateo had passed out, and I quickly surmised that it was his.

Had it not been for Mateo, I would have died where I stood in ignorance and blood.