machetazo

Spanish

Etymology

From machete +‎ -azo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃeˈtaθo/ [ma.t͡ʃeˈt̪a.θo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃeˈtaso/ [ma.t͡ʃeˈt̪a.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ma‧che‧ta‧zo

Noun

machetazo m (plural machetazos)

1. a cut or hit with a machete

Further reading

• “machetazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025