Drinking mate with friends from a shared hollow gourd ( also called a guampa , porongo or mate in Spanish , or cabaça or cuia in Portuguese , or zucca in Italian ) with a metal straw ( a bombilla in Spanish , bomba in Portuguese ) is a common social practice in Uruguay , Argentina and southern Brazil among people of all ages .
Drinking mate with friends from a shared hollow gourd ( also called a mate in Spanish , or cabaça or cuia in Portuguese ) with a metal straw ( a bombilla in Spanish , bomba or canudo in Portuguese ) is an extremely common social practice in Argentina , Uruguay , Paraguay , southern Chile , eastern Bolivia and Brazil and also Syria and Lebanon .