matraca

See also: matrača

English

Etymology

From Spanish matraca, from dialectal Arabic مَطْرَق (maṭraq). See Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ) for more.

Noun

matraca (plural matracas)

1. A type of wooden rattle from Latin America.

   Synonyms: cog rattle, noisemaker, ratchet

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِطْرَقَة (miṭraqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈtɾa.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈtɾa.ka]

Noun

matraca f (plural matraques)

1. matraca (type of rattle formerly used to replace bells during Holy Week)

Further reading

• “matraca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Portuguese

matraca

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَطْرَق (maṭraq, “stick, hammer”). See Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ) for more.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈtɾa.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈtɾa.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈtɾa.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈtɾa.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -akɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧tra‧ca

Noun

matraca f (plural matracas)

1. (music) ratchet, wooden rattle
2. (informal) chatterbox (one who chats or talks to excess)
3. (informal) mouth

Derived terms

• matraquilhos

Spanish

Etymology

From dialectal Arabic مَطْرَق (maṭraq). See Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtɾaka/ [maˈt̪ɾa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ma‧tra‧ca

Noun

matraca f (plural matracas)

1. (music) ratchet, wooden rattle
2. (colloquial) a pestering, plaguing
3. (Rioplatense, colloquial) penis
4. a wren of the genus Campylorhynchus

Derived terms

• matraca chiapaneca
• matraca del desierto
• matracalada
• matraco
• matraquear
• matraquista

Descendants

• → English: matraca
• → Tagalog: matraka, pataraka

Further reading

• “matraca”, 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