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machetazo

Spanish, noun/mat͡ʃeˈtaθo/

machetazo is spelled M-A-C-H-E-T-A-Z-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 118,609th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machetazo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a cut or hit with a machete” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “La acción de golpear con un machete”.

What does machetazo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea cut or hit with a machete

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. La acción de golpear con un machete. 2. Lesión causada al golpear con un machete. 3. Venta de saldos o con precios reducidos.

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 machetazo

  • machetazos plural

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

How do you pronounce machetazo?

  • /mat͡ʃeˈtaθo/
  • [ma.t͡ʃeˈt̪a.θo]
  • /mat͡ʃeˈtaso/

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

How common is machetazo in Spanish?

machetazo appears about once in every 10 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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