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matraca
matraca
See also: matrača
English
Noun
matraca (plural matracas)
- A type of wooden rattle from Latin America, ratchet, noisemaker, cog rattle.
Portuguese
matraca
Etymology
From dialectal Arabic مَطْرَق (maṭraq, “stick, hammer”). See Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ) for more.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aka
Noun
matraca f (plural matracas)
- (music) ratchet, wooden rattle
- (informal) chatterbox (one who chats or talks to excess)
- (informal) mouth