matraca

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noun

A type of wooden rattle from Latin America.

Similar
cog rattlenoisemakerratchet
OriginSpanish matraca ← Arabic مَطْرَق →
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Meanings

nounmatraca (plural matracas)

plural matracas

  1. A type of wooden rattle from Latin America.

    Synonyms: cog rattle, noisemaker, ratchet

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of wooden rattle from Latin America.

Similar
cog rattlenoisemakerratchet

Origin

  1. Arabicمَطْرَق
  2. Spanishmatraca
  3. Englishmatraca

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Tamarac
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APA

matraca. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matraca

MLA

“matraca.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matraca. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “matraca,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matraca.

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