maqueto

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈketo/ [maˈke.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: ma‧que‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Basque maketo.

Noun

maqueto m (plural maquetos, feminine maqueta, feminine plural maquetas)

1. (Basque Country, derogatory) an immigrant from another part of Spain

Etymology 2

Verb

maqueto

1. first-person singular present indicative of maquetar

Further reading

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