maquinista

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.kiˈnis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.kiˈnis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.kiˈniʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.kiˈnis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ma.kiˈniʃ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ma‧qui‧nis‧ta

Noun

maquinista m or f by sense (plural maquinistas)

1. engineer (Canada and the US), engine driver (Britain), train driver
2. machinist

Related terms

• máquina

Spanish

Etymology

From máquina (“machine”) +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /makiˈnista/ [ma.kiˈnis.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: ma‧qui‧nis‧ta

Noun

maquinista m or f by sense (plural maquinistas)

1. engineer (Canada and the US), engine driver (Britain), train driver
2. machinist

Related terms

• maquinador m
• maquinar
• maquinismo

 

Further reading

• “maquinista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10