machetero
Spanish, noun/mat͡ʃeˈteɾo/
machetero is spelled M-A-C-H-E-T-E-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish, the 298,369th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machetero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “someone who wields a machete” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El que desmonta con machete los pasos obstruidos por maleza”.
What does machetero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesomeone who wields a machete
- 2
masculinesomeone who makes machetes
- 3
masculinea member of the Boricua Popular Army
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El que desmonta con machete los pasos obstruidos por maleza
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 machetero
- macheteros plural
- machetera feminine
- macheteras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce machetero?
- /mat͡ʃeˈteɾo/
- [ma.t͡ʃeˈt̪e.ɾo]
- [mat͡ʃeˈt̪eɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is machetero in Spanish?
machetero appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).