Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

machetero

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ma-chetero
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who wields a machete.

noun

A member of the Boricua Popular Army.

Example Sentences

"Castro is talking about plans to increase the use of machines to cut the sugar cane in future harvests. A combine can cut thirty times as much cane as a machetero can. But they should not be afraid of losing their jobs."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish machetero.

Inflected Forms

macheteros (plural)

Questions

What does machetero mean?: Someone who wields a machete.
Where does machetero come from?: Borrowed from Spanish machetero.

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