matraca

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matraca

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

noun matracas

A type of wooden rattle from Latin America.
Similar: cog rattle, noisemaker, ratchet

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"matraca." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/matraca. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{matraca_2026,
  title = {matraca},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/matraca},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}