machado
Portuguese, noun/maˈʃa.du/
machado is spelled M-A-C-H-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,874th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “axe (tool and weapon consisting of a heavy blade on the end of a shaft)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ferramenta cortante composta de um cabo (usualmente de madeira) e uma cabeça (usualmente de ferro) com gumes…”.
What does machado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaxe (tool and weapon consisting of a heavy blade on the end of a shaft)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ferramenta cortante composta de um cabo (usualmente de madeira) e uma cabeça (usualmente de ferro) com gumes de um ou dois lados
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais 2. sobrenome comum em português
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 machado
- machados plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce machado?
- Brazil /maˈʃa.du/
- Portugal /mɐˈʃa.du/
- Portugal [mɐˈʃa.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to machado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is machado in Portuguese?
machado appears 31 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).