Home › Words › M › metatemetate/mɛˈtɑːteɪ/metate means A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.metate is pronounced /mɛˈtɑːteɪ/.EtymologyBorrowed from Spanish metate, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *mətla-tl.nounA flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).