ametralladora
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[edit]Etymology
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From ametrallar + -dora.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ametɾaʝaˈdoɾa/ [a.me.t̪ɾa.ʝaˈð̞o.ɾa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
- IPA(key): /ametɾaʎaˈdoɾa/ [a.me.t̪ɾa.ʎaˈð̞o.ɾa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ametɾaʃaˈdoɾa/ [a.me.t̪ɾa.ʃaˈð̞o.ɾa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ametɾaʒaˈdoɾa/ [a.me.t̪ɾa.ʒaˈð̞o.ɾa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /ametɾajaˈdoɾa/ [a.me.t̪ɾa.jaˈð̞o.ɾa] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))
- Rhymes: -oɾa
- Syllabification: a‧me‧tra‧lla‧do‧ra
Noun
[edit]ametralladora f (plural ametralladoras)
- machine gun
- Synonym: metralleta
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ametrallador”, 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