machada

Unclear. Perhaps from Latin marculus (“hammer”). Compare sacho.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /maˈt͡ʃada/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: ma‧cha‧da

machada f (plural machadas)

1. axe (usually smaller than a machado)

   Synonyms: brosa, machado

   • 1437, 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:

     Ano Domini millessimo CCCC XXX VII, a XI dias de jullyo, Domingo Fernandes, pregoeiro, feso venda et remataçón de tres legóos et hua machada

     AD 1437, July 11, Domingo Fernández, crier, sold and auctioned three hoes and an axe

2. hatchet

   Synonym: macheta

• a machada

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “machada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “machada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “machada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “machada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /maˈt͡ʃada/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ma‧cha‧da

machada f sg

1. feminine singular of machado