máquina

Etymology

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

Noun

máquina f (plural máquines)

1. machine

Etymology

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

Noun

máquina f (plural máquinas)

1. machine

Alternative forms

• machina (obsolete)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ki.na/, /ˈma.ki.nɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ki.nɐ/

Noun

máquina f (plural máquinas)

1. machine (mechanical or electrical device)
2. (figuratively) machine (person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmakina/

Noun

máquina f (plural máquinas)

1. machine

Further reading

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