machete

Etymology
From, diminutive of , from , possibly from ; cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, English.

Noun

 * 1) A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick.
 * 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.
 * 1) 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.

Derived terms

 * machete beta

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مِحَشّ
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chamicuro: sapla
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 關刀, 大柄刀
 * Mandarin: 大砍刀, 彎刀, 寬刃刀
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: maĉeto
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, talladeira
 * Georgian: მაჩეტე
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Haitian Creole: manchèt
 * Hebrew: מצ׳טה
 * Hungarian:, bozótvágó kés, macséta
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 마체테
 * Krio: kohtlas
 * Lithuanian: mačetė
 * Macedonian: маче́та
 * Marathi: मचेटे
 * Ngazidja Comorian: putshari
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: machete
 * Nynorsk: machete
 * Oromo: gajaraa
 * Persian: کارد بزرگ و سنگین
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, facão,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai:, มีดพร้า
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: маче́те
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: twca
 * Záparo: sa̲hwere

Verb

 * 1) To cut or chop with a machete.
 * 2) To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete.
 * 1) To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) machete

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) machete.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) machete

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) mediocre method for obtaining somewhat accurate results; shortcut
 * 1) mediocre method for obtaining somewhat accurate results; shortcut

Etymology
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Noun

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Etymology
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Noun

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Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) mediocre method for obtaining somewhat accurate results; shortcut
 * 1) mediocre method for obtaining somewhat accurate results; shortcut

Noun

 * 1) a  (knife)

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) machete