ametralladora

Spanish

Etymology

From ametrallar +‎ -dora.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ametɾaʝaˈdoɾa/ [a.me.t̪ɾa.ʝaˈð̞o.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ametɾaʝaˈdoɾa/ [a.me.t̪ɾa.ʝaˈð̞o.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ametɾaʎaˈdoɾa/ [a.me.t̪ɾa.ʎaˈð̞o.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ametɾaʃaˈdoɾa/ [a.me.t̪ɾa.ʃaˈð̞o.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ametɾaʒaˈdoɾa/ [a.me.t̪ɾa.ʒaˈð̞o.ɾa]

• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: a‧me‧tra‧lla‧do‧ra

Noun

ametralladora f (plural ametralladoras)

1. machine gun

   Synonym: metralleta

Derived terms

• ametralladorista
• nido de ametralladoras

 

Further reading

• “ametrallador”, 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