metralhadora
Portuguese
Etymology
Female form of the adjective metralhador, calque of French mitrailleuse, from mitrailler. The word itself from the noun metralha (“shrapnel used as cannon ammo”). Known since 1881. Compare Spanish ametralladora.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.tɾa.ʎaˈdo.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /me.tɾa.ʎaˈdo.ɾa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.tɾɐ.ʎɐˈdo.ɾɐ/ [mɨ.tɾɐ.ʎɐˈðo.ɾɐ]
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /mɛ.tɾa.ʎaˈdo.ɾɐ/
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /mi.tɾa.ʎɐˈdo.ɾɐ/
Noun
metralhadora f (plural metralhadoras)
Related terms
- metralha
- metralhar
- metralhado
- metralhador
Further reading
- “metralhadora”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “metralhadora”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026