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matraca

matraca noun: a type of wooden rattle from Latin America.

Noun

matraca (plural matracas)

  1. A type of wooden rattle from Latin America.
    Synonyms:
    cog rattle, noisemaker, ratchet

Synonyms of matraca

Forms of matraca

pluralmatracas

Origin of matraca

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

Questions about matraca

What does matraca mean?
Matraca means a type of wooden rattle from Latin America.
What part of speech is matraca?
Matraca is a noun.
What is the plural of matraca?
The plural of matraca is matracas.

Words near matraca in the dictionary

  1. MatPat effect
  2. matpe bean
  3. matpe beans
  4. matr-
  5. matra
  6. matraca
  7. matracas
  8. matraite
  9. Matralia
  10. Matran
  11. matranee

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