mapuche in English

noun

1

a member of an American Indian people of central Chile and adjacent parts of Argentina, noted for their resistance to colonial Spanish and later Chilean domination.

In the south of the country, there were many tomas (land seizures) between November 1970 and April 1971, resulting in confrontations between farmers, campesinos and Mapuches (local indigenous people).

2

the Araucanian language of the Mapuche.

Spanish is the main language, but a handful of native languages including Aymara, Mapuche and Rapa Nui are also spoken.

adjective

1

relating to the Mapuche or their language.

In addition, Chilean speech contains many words adopted from the Mapuche language as well as much chilenismos.

Use "mapuche" in a sentence

1. However, most Mapuche Araucanians today continue to …

2. Nowadays Mapuche communities live in the eastern part of the park.

3. In the Mapuche language, nahuel means "jaguar" and huapi means "island".

4. [Spanish araucano, Araucanian person, Mapuche, from Arauco, a former region of southern Chile.]

5. [Spanish araucano, Araucanian person, Mapuche, from Arauco, a former region of southern Chile.] American Heritage

6. The Araucanian Mapuche inhabited at the time of Spanish arrival the valleys between the Itata and Toltén rivers

7. The Araucanians were nomadic hunting and food-gathering peoples divided into three groups: the Mapuche, the Picunche, and the Huilliche

8. The Mapuche culture first appeared in the South of Chile, in the province of Araucania, with the so-called Araucanians, in time unknown.

9. The Mapuche infantry played a vital role in the Araucanian war, from the initial of the conquest in 1541 to 1883

10. Coypu is what the Mapuche Indians of Chile and Argentina called it though typical of Dead Latin their “Koypu” was changed to Coypu

11. Mapudungun is the primary member of the small Araucanian family – its greater genetic affiliation is uncertain – and is spoken by some 300,000 Mapuche people in central Chile and adjoining areas of Argentina