máquina

Borrowed from Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmakina/ [ˈma.ki.na]
• Rhymes: -akina
• Syllabification: má‧qui‧na

máquina f (plural máquines)

1. machine

• máquina d'escribir (“typewriter”)

• “máquina” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.
• “máquina” in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). →ISBN.

Learned borrowing from Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmakina/ [ˈmɑ.ki.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -akina
• Hyphenation: má‧qui‧na

máquina f (plural máquinas)

1. machine

• máquina de escribir
• máquina virtual

• machina (pre-standardization spelling)

Learned borrowing from Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná), Doric spelling of μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from μῆχος (mêkhos, “means”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂gh- (“to be able to, to help; power, sorcerer”).

• Rhymes: -akinɐ
• Hyphenation: má‧qui‧na

máquina f (plural máquinas)

1. machine
   1. mechanical or electrical device

   Synonyms: dispositivo, engenho

2. computer
3. (figurative) person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional

Borrowed from Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná). Doublet of mashina.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmakina/ [ˈma.ki.na]

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• Rhymes: -akina
• Syllabification: má‧qui‧na

máquina f (plural máquinas)

1. machine
2. champ; champion

   Synonym: campeón

• → Basque: makina
• → Cebuano: makina
• → Hiligaynon: makina
• → Tagalog: makina
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: möcna, mö́qui̱na

• “máquina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024