máquina

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmakina/,
• 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/
• Rhymes: -akina
• Hyphenation: má‧qui‧na

máquina f (plural máquinas)

1. machine

• máquina de escribir
• máquina virtual

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

máquina

Wikipedia ^pt

• 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

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

máquina

Wikipedia ^es

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmakina/

• Audio (Colombia):

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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 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28