maquinar

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin māchinārī (scheme, plot), a verb based on Latin māchinā (device, scheme), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek.

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maquinar (first-person singular present maquino, first-person singular preterite maquiní, past participle maquinat)

  1. 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)

  1. (transitive) to engineer (to plan or achieve a goal by contrivance or guile)

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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]

  • IPA(key): /makiˈnaɾ/ [ma.kiˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ma‧qui‧nar

Verb[edit]

maquinar (first-person singular present maquino, first-person singular preterite maquiné, past participle maquinado)

  1. to machinate, plot

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