# machete
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /məˈʃɛ.ti/, /məˈt͡ʃɛ.ti/
* Audio (Northern California):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

machete (plural machetes)
* A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.
    Hypernym: knife (sometimes construed as coordinate)
    Near-synonyms: (all sometimes or regionally synonymous) bolo, golok, panga, parang, sundang
* 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

#### See also

* cleaver
* fascine knife
* hatchet

### Verb

machete (third-person singular simple present machetes, present participle macheting or macheteing, simple past and past participle macheted)
* (transitive) To 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.
* (Can we verify this sense?) (transitive) To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete.

### Anagrams

* meetcha

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish machete.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌmɑˈʃɛ.tə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ma‧che‧te
* Rhymes: -ɛtə

### Noun

machete m (plural machetes)
* machete
    Synonym: kapmes

### Further reading

* “machete” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

## Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish machete.

### Noun

machete
* machete.

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish machete.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑʃete/, [ˈmɑ̝ʃe̞t̪e̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑʃete

### Noun

machete
* machete

#### Declension

Possessive forms of machete (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
macheteni
macheteni
accusative
nom.
macheteni
macheteni
gen.
macheteni
genitive
macheteni
machetejeni macheteini $^{rare}$
partitive
macheteani
machetejani
inessive
machetessani
macheteissani
elative
machetestani
macheteistani
illative
macheteeni
macheteihini
adessive
machetellani
macheteillani
ablative
macheteltani
macheteiltani
allative
machetelleni
macheteilleni
essive
machetenani
macheteinani
translative
machetekseni
macheteikseni
abessive
machetettani
macheteittani
instructive
comitative
—macheteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
machetesi
machetesi
accusative
nom.
machetesi
machetesi
gen.
machetesi
genitive
machetesi
machetejesi macheteisi $^{rare}$
partitive
macheteasi
machetejasi
inessive
machetessasi
macheteissasi
elative
machetestasi
macheteistasi
illative
macheteesi
macheteihisi
adessive
machetellasi
macheteillasi
ablative
macheteltasi
macheteiltasi
allative
machetellesi
macheteillesi
essive
machetenasi
macheteinasi
translative
macheteksesi
macheteiksesi
abessive
machetettasi
macheteittasi
instructive
comitative
—macheteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
machetemme
machetemme
accusative
nom.
machetemme
machetemme
gen.
machetemme
genitive
machetemme
machetejemme macheteimme $^{rare}$
partitive
macheteamme
machetejamme
inessive
machetessamme
macheteissamme
elative
machetestamme
macheteistamme
illative
macheteemme
macheteihimme
adessive
machetellamme
macheteillamme
ablative
macheteltamme
macheteiltamme
allative
machetellemme
macheteillemme
essive
machetenamme
macheteinamme
translative
macheteksemme
macheteiksemme
abessive
machetettamme
macheteittamme
instructive
comitative
—macheteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
machetenne
machetenne
accusative
nom.
machetenne
machetenne
gen.
machetenne
genitive
machetenne
machetejenne macheteinne $^{rare}$
partitive
macheteanne
machetejanne
inessive
machetessanne
macheteissanne
elative
machetestanne
macheteistanne
illative
macheteenne
macheteihinne
adessive
machetellanne
macheteillanne
ablative
macheteltanne
macheteiltanne
allative
machetellenne
macheteillenne
essive
machetenanne
macheteinanne
translative
macheteksenne
macheteiksenne
abessive
machetettanne
macheteittanne
instructive
comitative
—macheteinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
machetensa
machetensa
accusative
nom.
machetensa
machetensa
gen.
machetensa
genitive
machetensa
machetejensa macheteinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
macheteaan macheteansa
machetejaan machetejansa
inessive
machetessaan machetessansa
macheteissaan macheteissansa
elative
machetestaan machetestansa
macheteistaan macheteistansa
illative
macheteensa
macheteihinsa
adessive
machetellaan machetellansa
macheteillaan macheteillansa
ablative
macheteltaan macheteltansa
macheteiltaan macheteiltansa
allative
machetelleen machetellensa
macheteilleen macheteillensa
essive
machetenaan machetenansa
macheteinaan macheteinansa
translative
machetekseen macheteksensa
macheteikseen macheteiksensa
abessive
machetettaan machetettansa
macheteittaan macheteittansa
instructive
comitative
—macheteineen macheteinensa :

#### Synonyms

* viidakkoveitsi

## Galician
### Etymology

From macho +‎ -ete.

### Noun

machete m (plural machetes)
* machete
* mediocre method for obtaining somewhat accurate results; shortcut

#### Derived terms

* machetada

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish machete.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈt͡ʃɛ.te/, /maˈt͡ʃe.te/
* Rhymes: -ɛte, -ete
* Hyphenation: ma‧chè‧te, ma‧ché‧te

### Noun

machete m (invariable)
* machete

### Further reading

* machete in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Middle High German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈmaxətə/

### Verb

machete
* first/third-person singular preterite indicative/subjunctive of machen

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Spanish machete.

### Noun

machete m (definite singular macheten, indefinite plural macheter, definite plural machetene)
* a machete

### References

* “machete” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Spanish machete.

### Noun

machete m (definite singular macheten, indefinite plural machetar, definite plural machetane)
* a machete

### References

* “machete” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish machete.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /maˈʃe.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /maˈʃe.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /maˈʃe.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐˈʃe.tɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐˈʃe.tɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /mɐˈt͡ʃe.tɨ/

### Noun

machete m (plural machetes)
* machete
    Synonym: facão

## Spanish
### Etymology

From macho (“sledgehammer”) +‎ -ete.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈt͡ʃete/ [maˈt͡ʃe.t̪e]
* Audio (Chile):(file)
* Rhymes: -ete
* Syllabification: ma‧che‧te

### Noun

machete m (plural machetes)
* machete
* mediocre method for obtaining somewhat accurate results; shortcut
* (Cuba, slang, term of address) man, bro, homie

#### Derived terms

* machetazo
* machetero

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: մաչետե (mačʻete)
* → Catalan: matxet
* → Czech: mačeta
* → Dutch: machete
* → English: machete
* → Esperanto: maĉeto
* → Finnish: machete
* → French: machette
* → Georgian: მაჩეტე (mačeṭe)
* → Italian: machete
* → Japanese: マチェテ (machete)
* → Macedonian: мачета (mačeta)
* → Norwegian Bokmål: machete
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: machete
* → Pochutec: mecheʹt
* → Polish: maczeta
* → Portuguese: machete
* → Tagalog: matsete
* → Russian: мачете (mačete)
* → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: machiete
* → Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: machete

### Further reading

* “machete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “machete”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

## Swedish
### Noun

machete c
* a machete (knife)

#### Declension
### References

* machete in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* machete in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

## Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish machete.

### Noun

machete
* machete

### References

* Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎, segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 22