machadada
Portuguese, noun/ma.ʃaˈda.dɐ/
machadada is spelled M-A-C-H-A-D-A-D-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 83,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machadada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “axe blow (a hit using an axe)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does machadada mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaxe blow (a hit using an axe)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of machadada
- machadadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce machadada?
- Brazil /ma.ʃaˈda.dɐ/
- Portugal /mɐ.ʃɐˈda.dɐ/
- Portugal [mɐ.ʃɐˈða.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is machadada in Portuguese?
machadada appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).