maquiladora

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish maquiladora, from maquilar (“assemble”).

Noun

maquiladora (plural maquiladoras)

  1. An assembly plant in Mexico owned by a company from the United States or another foreign country, using cheap local labour and imported components, and which then exports its products to the company's country of origin; also (by extension) similar factories in other countries.
    • 2013, Amy Wilentz, Farewell, Fred Voodoo, Simon & Schuster, page 114:
      If such maquiladora projects are to be the model for Haiti's economic future, they will simply create future generations of sweatshop labor at subsistence wages.
    • 2014 May 4, Ed Vulliamy, The Guardian:
      The girls were invariably captured while running errands in the centre of town, or on their way to or from work in the hundreds of maquiladoras: sweatshop assembly plants that constitute the economy of Juárez, manufacturing (for rock-bottom wages) the goods that America and Europe deem essential to keep their supermarket shelves and car-concession outlets stocked.

Translations

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish maquiladora, from maquilar (“assemble”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

maquiladora f (plural maquiladoras)

  1. feminine singular of maquilador
  2. maquiladora (an assembly plant in Mexico near the border with the United States)

Spanish

Etymology

From maquilar +‎ -dora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /makilaˈdoɾa/
  • Rhymes: -oɾa
  • Syllabification: ma‧qui‧la‧do‧ra

Noun

maquiladora f (plural maquiladoras)

  1. assembly plant
    Synonym: maquila

Descendants

  • → English: maquiladora

Noun

maquiladora f (plural maquiladoras)

  1. female equivalent of maquilador

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia