maquinar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin māchinārī (“scheme, plot”), a verb based on Latin māchinā (“device, scheme”), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
maquinar (first-person singular present maquino, first-person singular preterite maquiní, past participle maquinat)
- plot, scheme
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References edit
- “maquinar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin māchinārī (“scheme, plot”), a verb based on Latin māchina (“device, scheme”), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ma‧qui‧nar
Verb edit
maquinar (first-person singular present maquino, first-person singular preterite maquinei, past participle maquinado)
- (transitive) to engineer (to plan or achieve a goal by contrivance or guile)
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1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Verb edit
maquinar (first-person singular present maquino, first-person singular preterite maquiné, past participle maquinado)
Conjugation edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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Further reading edit
- “maquinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014