mate

mate meaning

A gourd of yerba mate with its metal bombilla straw, added in Emoji 12. 0. It is a genuinely important cultural emoji: mate is central to daily social life in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and southern Brazil, where the gourd is passed around a group and shared.

Meaning

A gourd of yerba mate with its metal bombilla straw, added in Emoji 12.0. It is a genuinely important cultural emoji: mate is central to daily social life in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and southern Brazil, where the gourd is passed around a group and shared. Its addition was campaigned for by South American users, and it means far more than "a drink" to the people who use it.

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How to use it

• Mate in the park with friends 🧉
• Pass the mate 🧉
• Cannot start the day without it 🧉

How it looks

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Google Noto Color Emoji — SIL OFL 1.1 (font) / Apache 2.0 (code).

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Twemoji by Twitter/X contributors — CC-BY-4.0 (jdecked/twemoji).

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OpenMoji by the HfG Karlsruhe — CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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Blobmoji — Apache-2.0 (derivative of Noto).

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This emoji in other languages

Available in 100 languages

Technical details

Codepoints

U+1F9C9

Emoji version

12

Shortcodes

:mate:

Category

Food & Drink

FAQ

What does the mate emoji (🧉) mean?

A gourd of yerba mate with its metal bombilla straw, added in Emoji 12. 0. It is a genuinely important cultural emoji: mate is central to daily social life in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and southern Brazil, where the gourd is passed around a group and shared.

How do you type the mate emoji?

Copy the mate emoji 🧉 directly from this page and paste it anywhere — messages, social media, documents, or code. On mobile, long-press to copy.

What category is the mate emoji in?

The mate emoji belongs to the Food & Drink category.