machado

See also: Machado

Galician

Galician Bronze Age machados ("axes"), Hoard of Samieira

Etymology

Unclear. Perhaps from Latin marculus (“hammer”). Compare sacho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈt͡ʃado/ [maˈt͡ʃa.ð̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: ma‧cha‧do

Noun

machado m (plural machados)

1. axe

   Synonyms: brosa, machada

   • 1448, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 295:

     quatro traados et hua segur et hua aixola montisca et hun machado et hun escoupre et duas serras de mao

     four drills and a hatchet and a forest adze and an axe and a chisel and two hand saws

Derived terms

• a machado

Related terms

• machada
• macheta

 

References

• “machado” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “machado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “machado” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “machado” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin marculātus, from marculus (“hammer”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʃa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʃa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʃa.do/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈʃa.du/ [mɐˈʃa.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈʃa.du/ [mɐˈʃa.ðu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈt͡ʃa.du/ [mɐˈt͡ʃa.ðu]

• Homophone: Machado
• Rhymes: -adu
• Hyphenation: ma‧cha‧do

Noun

machado m (plural machados)

1. axe (tool and weapon consisting of a heavy blade on the end of a shaft)

Derived terms

• machadão (augmentative)
• machadinho (diminutive)

 

• machada
• machadada
• machadar
• machadiano
• machadinha
• Machado
• machador

 

Descendants

• → Tetum: maxadu

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈt͡ʃado/ [maˈt͡ʃa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: ma‧cha‧do

Noun

machado m (plural machados)

1. a short wood-axe

Participle

machado (feminine machada, masculine plural machados, feminine plural machadas)

1. past participle of machar

Further reading

• “machado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014