Meaning

2 senses
  1. A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.

    Near-synonyms: (all sometimes or regionally synonymous) bolo, golok, panga, parang, sundang

    Machete

    маче́теmačétɛ

    маче́теmačéte

    a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation

  2. 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.

Examples

37 sentences
  1. Where did Tom find the machete?

  2. Tom was armed with a machete.

    ruТом был вооружен мачете. — Smoky

  3. Tom hacked Mary's leg off with a rusty machete.

    Том відрубав ногу Мері іржавим мачете. — deniko

    ruТом отрубил ногу Мэри ржавым мачете. — corvard

  4. The man with the machete had a sadistic smile on his face.

  5. Tom used his machete to clear the trail.

    ruТом прокладывал себе путь при помощи мачете. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a sword-like tool:
Русский
By meaning 1
a sword-like tool:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a sword-like tool:

Origin

From Spanish machete, diminutive of macho (“sledgehammer”), from Latin mattea, possibly fr

From Spanish machete, diminutive of macho (“sledgehammer”), from Latin mattea, possibly from mactare (“slaughter in sacrifice”); cognate with Old French machier, French massue, English mace.

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Forms

plural: machetes
Singularmachete
Pluralmachetes

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation:matchetpanga

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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