No. 7,040 in French
mateo
"Mateo" is not a French word; it is a Spanish given name meaning "Matthew."
In a sentence
Mateo joue au football chaque samedi.
Mateo plays football every Saturday.
The word 'Mateo' is used as a proper noun representing a person's name.
J'ai appelé Mateo pour discuter du projet.
I called Mateo to discuss the project.
Here, 'Mateo' is again a proper noun, referring to a person being contacted.
Mateo est très passionné par son travail.
Mateo is very passionate about his work.
In this example, 'Mateo' is used as the subject performing the action in the sentence.
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