Meaning of Machete | Babel Free
məˈʃɛ.tiDefinitions
- A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.
- A small stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal, having a double bulged body, traditionally of wood, with a small rib and four metallic strings, sometimes attached by wooden pegs.
Equivalents
Bosanski
pala
Català
matxet
Čeština
mačeta
Cymraeg
twca
Deutsch
Machete
Esperanto
maĉeto
Español
machete
Suomi
viidakkoveitsi
Hrvatski
pala
Հայերեն
մաչետե
Bahasa Indonesia
bendo
Íslenska
sveðja
Italiano
machete
ქართული
მაჩეტე
한국어
마체테
Македонски
мачета
Nederlands
kapmes
Polski
maczeta
Русский
мачете
Shqip
thikare
Српски
pala
Svenska
machete
Kiswahili
panga
Tagalog
sundang
Examples
“Near-synonyms: (all sometimes or regionally synonymous) bolo, golok, panga, parang, sundang”
“It breaks loose one rope at a time, haphazardly, tossing the Filipinos up into the air. A boy with a machete cuts the one remaining line, which pops up and lashes him across the face.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
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