An oddity is that "maté" (meant to indicate that the e is pronounced) is an incorrect spelling in both Spanish and Portuguese, where it would wrongly suggest th

An oddity is that "maté" (meant to indicate that the e is pronounced) is an incorrect spelling in both Spanish and Portuguese, where it would wrongly suggest that the e is stressed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_mate#Name_and_pronunciation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_mate#Name_and_pronunciat...