macete
Portuguese, noun/maˈse.t͡ʃi/
macete is spelled M-A-C-E-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 71,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macete is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a wooden mallet used to hit chisels” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of macetar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “maço pequeno; macinho”.
What does macete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea wooden mallet used to hit chisels
- 2
masculinecheat (unfair advantage in a computer game)
- 3
masculinerule of thumb (a general guideline rather than a strict rule)
Esse é o macete.
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. maço pequeno; macinho 2. pau usado para preparação do couro, para sovar couro 3. embrulho ou maço de papeis 4. instrumento utilizado pelos escultores quando trabalham a madeira
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of macete
- macetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce macete?
- Brazil /maˈse.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /mɐˈse.tɨ/
- Brazil /maˈsɛ.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to macete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is macete in Portuguese?
macete appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).