máquina

See also: maquina, maquiná, and màquina

Asturian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmakina/, [ˈma.ki.na]
• Rhymes: -akina
• Hyphenation: má‧qui‧na

Noun

máquina f (plural máquines)

1. machine

Derived terms

• máquina d'escribir (“typewriter”)

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmakina/ [ˈmɑ.ki.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -akina
• Hyphenation: má‧qui‧na

Noun

máquina f (plural máquinas)

1. machine

Derived terms

• máquina de escribir
• máquina virtual

Portuguese

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ki.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: má‧qui‧na

Noun

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

Derived terms

• máquina a vapor
• máquina de costura
• máquina de escrever
• máquina fotográfica
• máquina motriz
• máquina registradora
• máquina simples

Related terms

• maquinação
• maquinado
• maquinador
• maquinal
• maquinalidade
• maquinalismo
• maquinalmente
• maquinante
• maquinar
• maquinaria
• maquinário

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmakina/ [ˈma.ki.na]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -akina
• Syllabification: má‧qui‧na

Noun

máquina f (plural máquinas)

1. machine
2. champ; champion

   Synonym: campeón

Hyponyms

• máquina autoventa
• máquina de afeitar
• máquina de billetes
• máquina de café
• máquina de caminar
• máquina de cortar grama (“lawnmower”) (Puerto Rico)
• máquina de cortar zacate (“lawnmower”) (regionally used in northern Mexico and Texas)
• máquina de coser
• máquina de escribir
• máquina de humo
• máquina de la verdad
• máquina de lavado a presión
• máquina de lavado a presión
• máquina de Turing
• máquina de vapor
• máquina del tiempo
• máquina diferencial
• máquina diferencial
• máquina escalera (“climbing machine, stepmill”)
• máquina expendedora
• máquina herramienta
• máquina perforadora
• máquina simple
• máquina virtual

 

Derived terms

• a máquina (“machine-made; typed”)
• a toda máquina
• código máquina (“machine code”)
• coser a máquina (“to machine sew”)
• escribir a máquina (“to typewrite”)
• lavar a máquina (“to machine wash”)
• lenguaje de máquina
• nanomáquina
• sala de máquinas

 

Related terms

• maquinar

 

Descendants

• → Basque: makina
• → Cebuano: makina
• → Hiligaynon: makina
• → Tagalog: makina
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: möcna, mö́qui̱na

Further reading

• “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