Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

matraca

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ma-tra-ca
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of wooden rattle from Latin America.

Etymology

From Spanish matraca, from dialectal Arabic مَطْرَق (maṭraq). See Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ) for more.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: matraca, مَطْرَق, ط ر ق

Inflected Forms

matracas (plural)

Synonyms

cog rattle noisemaker ratchet

Questions

What does matraca mean?: A type of wooden rattle from Latin America.
Where does matraca come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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