maquinar

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin māchinārī (scheme, plot), a verb based on Latin māchinā (device, scheme), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

Verb

maquinar (first-person singular present maquino, first-person singular preterite maquiní, past participle maquinat)

  1. (transitive) to plot, scheme
    Synonyms: ginyar, ordir, tramar

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References

  • “maquinar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin māchinārī (scheme, plot), a verb based on Latin māchina (device, scheme), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ma‧qui‧nar

Verb

maquinar (first-person singular present maquino, first-person singular preterite maquinei, past participle maquinado)

  1. (transitive) to engineer (to plan or achieve a goal by contrivance or guile)

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /makiˈnaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ma‧qui‧nar

Verb

maquinar (first-person singular present maquino, first-person singular preterite maquiné, past participle maquinado)

  1. to machinate, plot

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