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See also: matrača
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish matraca, from dialectal Arabic مَطْرَق (maṭraq). See Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ) for more.
Noun
[edit]matraca (plural matracas)
- A type of wooden rattle from Latin America.
- Synonyms: cog rattle, noisemaker, ratchet
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic مِطْرَقَة (miṭraqa).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]matraca f (plural matraques)
Further reading
[edit]- “matraca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic مَطْرَق (maṭraq, “stick, hammer”). See Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ) for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -akɐ
- Hyphenation: ma‧tra‧ca
Noun
[edit]matraca f (plural matracas)
- (music) ratchet, wooden rattle
- (informal) chatterbox (one who chats or talks to excess)
- (informal) mouth
Derived terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dialectal Arabic مَطْرَق (maṭraq). See Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ) for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]matraca f (plural matracas)
- (music) ratchet, wooden rattle
- (colloquial) a pestering, plaguing
- (Rioplatense, colloquial) penis
- a wren of the genus Campylorhynchus
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “matraca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/akɐ
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