machacado
Spanish, adjective/mat͡ʃaˈkado/
machacado is spelled M-A-C-H-A-C-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 55,445th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machacado is a Spanish adjective meaning “knackered, exhausted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of machacar.
What does machacado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
knackered, exhausted
verb
- 1
past participle of machacar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Platillo mexicano típico en algunas zonas del norte de México. Consiste de un preparado con carne seca de res desmenuzada, huevos y en ocasiones salsa picante. Se fríe todo revuelto en una sartén con aceite de maíz, o en ocasiones con manteca de puerco previamente calentada. Se acostumbra comer con tortillas de harina de trigo.
verb: 1. Participio de machacar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of machacado
- machacada feminine
- machacados masculine plural
- machacadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce machacado?
- /mat͡ʃaˈkado/
- [ma.t͡ʃaˈka.ð̞o]
- [mat͡ʃaˈkað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is machacado in Spanish?
machacado appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).