machín
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
machín m (plural machines)
Adjective edit
machín m or f (masculine and feminine plural machines)
- (Mexico) Expression used to enhance the importance or veracity of what was said before.
Descendants edit
- → Chicahuaxtla Triqui: machin²³
- → Copala Triqui: machiín
- → Huave: maching
- → Zoogocho Zapotec: manšin
Further reading edit
- “machín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014