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machado

Spanish, noun/maˈt͡ʃado/

machado is spelled M-A-C-H-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,627th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “short wood-axe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of machar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Herramienta para cortar madera”.

What does machado mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineshort wood-axe

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of machar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Herramienta para cortar madera.

adjective: 1. Borracho.

verb: 1. Participio de machar.

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 machado

  • machados plural
  • machada feminine
  • machadas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce machado?

  • /maˈt͡ʃado/
  • [maˈt͡ʃa.ð̞o]
  • [maˈt͡ʃað̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to machado

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is machado in Spanish?

machado appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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