machetear
Spanish, verb/mat͡ʃeteˈaɾ/
machetear is spelled M-A-C-H-E-T-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Spanish, the 295,201st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machetear is a Spanish verb meaning “to chop with a machete” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does machetear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to chop with a machete
- 2
to ask for money or food
- 3
slangto cheat on a school assignment or test
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of machetear
- macheteo first-person present singular
- macheteé first-person preterite singular
- macheteado participle past
- macheteando gerund
- macheteada feminine participle past
- macheteados masculine participle past
- macheteadas feminine participle past
- macheteas indicative informal present
- macheteás indicative informal present
- machetea indicative present singular
- macheteamos first-person indicative plural
- macheteáis indicative plural present
- machetean indicative plural present
- macheteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- macheteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- macheteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- macheteabais imperfect indicative plural
- macheteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce machetear?
- /mat͡ʃeteˈaɾ/
- [ma.t͡ʃe.t̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to machetear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is machetear in Spanish?
machetear appears about once in every 72 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).