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
• Hyphenation: má‧qui‧na

máquina f (plural máquines)

1. machine

• máquina d'escribir (“typewriter”)

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 (obsolete)

Borrowed 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”).

• 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

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

• “máquina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014