maquinar

Meaning

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

Concepts

engineer

intrigue

machinate

mastermind

operate

plot

scheme

Translations

macchinare

machiner

maquinar

maquinar

σκευωρώ

συνωμοτώ

σχεδιάζω

tessere

تَآمَرَ

congiurare

cospirare

escogitare

ordire

tramare

beramen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ma.kiˈna(ʁ)/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: machinor

In summary

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