machaca

From Spanish machacar (“to crush”).

machaca (usually uncountable, plural machacas)

1. A dish of meat baked, simmered and then dried, originating from north Mexico.

• machacado

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machaca (plural machacas)

1. A type of planthopper from Central and South America, taxonomic name Fulgora laternaria

   Synonym: peanut-headed lanternfly

• IPA^(key): /maˈt͡ʃaka/ [maˈt͡ʃa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ma‧cha‧ca

machaca f (plural machacas)

1. machaca (meat)

   Synonym: machacado

2. machaca (insect)

machaca

1. inflection of machacar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “machaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024