machete

(Anglès)

Noun

1. A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.
2. A small stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal, having a double bulged body, traditionally of wood, with a small rib and four metallic strings, sometimes attached by wooden pegs.

Verb

To cut or chop with a machete.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/məˈʃɛ.ti/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb francès antic: machier

Cognat amb francès: massue

In summary

From Spanish machete, diminutive of macho (“sledgehammer”), from Latin mattea, possibly from mactare (“slaughter in sacrifice”); cognate with Old French machier, French massue, English mace.

Conceptes

matxet

Sinònims

bush knife

cutlass

matchet

knife

🔪

dao

panga

sickle

big knife

Pacific ladyfish

cheat sheet

sword

cleaver

large knife

chopper

cut down

hook

🪝

crescent

Traduccions

machette

machete

machete

Machete

coupe-coupe

maczeta

kapmes

coupecoupe

facão

catana

machete

peixeira

مِحَشّ

tumbar

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