machetero

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish machetero.

Noun

machetero (plural macheteros)

1. Someone who wields a machete.
   • 2003, Lee Lockwood, Castro's Cuba, Cuba's Fidel, page 13:

     Castro is talking about plans to increase the use of machines to cut the sugar cane in future harvests. A combine can cut thirty times as much cane as a machetero can. But they should not be afraid of losing their jobs.

2. A member of the Boricua Popular Army.

Spanish

Etymology

From machete +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃeˈteɾo/ [ma.t͡ʃeˈt̪e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ma‧che‧te‧ro

Noun

machetero m (plural macheteros)

1. someone who wields a machete
2. someone who makes machetes
3. a member of the Boricua Popular Army

Descendants

• → English: machetero

Further reading

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