máquina

Meaning

1. (feminine) machine
2. (feminine) machine
3. (feminine) computer
4. (feminine,figuratively) person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional

Hyphenated as

má‧qui‧na

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈma.ki.nɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná), Doric spelling of μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from μῆχος (mêkhos, “means”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂gh- (“to be able to, to help; power, sorcerer”).

Sentences

Um grande buraco no concreto sendo escavado por uma grande máquina de escavação .

A large hole in the concrete being dug by a large excavating machine.