1) In old Mexican pueblos ( villages, small towns ) the local folks use the flatside of machetes to
beat someone severely ( usually the
boy got someone's female relative preggers, stole property, defiant to the local don, etc) but not to be killed only as living message to not disturb the
peace.
2) Someone showing signs of having a Latin lover ( usually a Latino male lover).
3) Latino males enaging in giving someone a " physcial reeducation " ( asswhooping ) to not disturb the
peace and left as a living reminder to not be a jack hole in the hood.
Girl you glowing when we pass that taco hut stand! What?! You got machete slapped last night ?!
Miguel learned to not steal the " medicine plants " of Old
man Paco the hard way. Paco shows Miguel the old
school ways of correction by machete slapping his ass since his parents taught him no respect for other people's property.