🧉️ Mate emoji

What is 🧉️ called?

🧉️ is called the Mate emoji.

What does 🧉️ mean?

🧉 is officially named mate. A traditional South American beverage served in a hollowed gourd with a metal straw called a bombilla, representing cultural heritage, social sharing rituals, and the deep traditions surrounding this caffeinated drink. The mate emoji symbolizes South American culture, particularly Argentine and Uruguayan traditions, and the communal experience of sharing drinks that strengthen social bonds.

Use it for literal references to mate and for South American culture, traditional beverages, social sharing, cultural heritage, caffeinated drinks. The accented spelling maté helps distinguish the drink from the English word “mate”; it is sipped through a bombilla. Related choices include 🧃 Beverage box and 🧊 Ice.

Other meanings

It can mean South American culture, traditional beverages, social sharing, cultural heritage, caffeinated drinks. Context determines whether the message is literal, culinary, cultural, practical, or social.

Example Usage

Sharing mate with friends in the park 🧉

The menu or kitchen message uses mate 🧉

More details

Officially named mate. Its code point is U+1F9C9. It was introduced in Emoji 12.0.

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Visual description

A hollow gourd cup containing yerba mate tea with a metal straw (bombilla) protruding from it, showing the traditional South American presentation.

The accented spelling maté helps distinguish the drink from the English word “mate”; it is sipped through a bombilla. Colours, proportions, orientation, and fine details vary by platform.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.