machada
Portuguese, noun/maˈʃa.dɐ/
machada is spelled M-A-C-H-A-D-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “axe (usually smaller than a machado)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does machada mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaxe (usually smaller than a machado)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of machada
- machadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce machada?
- Brazil /maˈʃa.dɐ/
- Portugal /mɐˈʃa.dɐ/
- Portugal [mɐˈʃa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is machada in Portuguese?
machada appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).