Mapuche

See also: mapuche

English

Etymology

From Mapudungun Mapuce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈpuːtʃeɪ/

Proper noun

Mapuche

1. An indigenous group of inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina.
   • 2023 January 27, John Bartlett, Tomás Munita, “Teenage Rapper, Rooted in Mapuche Identity, Roars for Indigenous Rights”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Then Millaray Jara Collio, or MC Millaray as the young rapper calls herself, spun away and exploded onto the stage with an animated rap about the presence of Chile’s military in the territory of the Mapuche, the country’s largest Indigenous group.

2. The language of the Mapuche people.

Synonyms

• (language): Mapudungun

Noun

Mapuche (plural Mapuche)

1. A member of this people.

Synonyms

• Araucanian (now offensive)

Translations

Mapuche tribe

• Arabic: مَابُوتْشِي m (maputši)
• Belarusian: Мапучы m (Mapučy)
• Catalan: maputxe m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬普切人／马普切人 (Mǎpǔqiè rén)

• Czech: mapučové
• Esperanto: mapuĉo
• Japanese: マプチェ族 (Mapuche-zoku)
• Korean: 마푸체족 (Mapuche-jok)
• Spanish: mapuche (es) m, araucanes m (now offensive)

Adjective

Mapuche (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to this people or their language.