machete
To cut or chop with a macheteTo cut or chop with a machete.
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1 sensesTo cut or chop with a machete.
After some hours of intense work, we had macheted a path through the jungle to the bank of the river.
Examples
37 sentencesWhere did Tom find the machete?
Tom was armed with a machete.
ruТом был вооружен мачете. — Smoky
Tom hacked Mary's leg off with a rusty machete.
Том відрубав ногу Мері іржавим мачете. — deniko
ruТом отрубил ногу Мэри ржавым мачете. — corvard
The man with the machete had a sadistic smile on his face.
Tom used his machete to clear the trail.
ruТом прокладывал себе путь при помощи мачете. — marafon
Origin
From Spanish machete, diminutive of macho (“sledgehammer”), from Latin mattea, possibly frFrom 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
machetes, macheteing, macheted, machetedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.