= Regarder
= To watch, to check out
"On a maté un film hier soir"
= "We watched a movie yesterday"
"Il aime mater les filles en été"
= "He likes to check out girls in the summer"
(There's a third meaning too, feel free to add examples of it in the comments!)
From the lyrics to "L'aigle ne chasse pas les mouches":
ReplyDeleteIl mate en bas, ils sont tous là, il a pris trop de risques