machadinha

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Feminine diminutive of machado (“axe”), from Latin masclus (“male”), earlier masculus, diminutive of mās (“man”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === machadinha f (plural machadinhas) hatchet (small axe) === Further reading === “machadinha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “machadinha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026