macchinare

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word macchinare. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word macchinare, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say macchinare in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word macchinare you have here. The definition of the word macchinare will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofmacchinare, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin māchinārī (scheme, plot), a verb based on Latin māchina (device, scheme), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek. Morphological doublet of macinare, an inherited form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mak.kiˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: mac‧chi‧nà‧re

Verb

macchinàre (first-person singular present màcchino, first-person singular past historic macchinài, past participle macchinàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. to plot, to contrive, to machinate
  2. (poetic, rare) to machine

Conjugation

Further reading

  • macchinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams