maquinilla
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /makiˈniʝa/ [ma.kiˈni.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /makiˈniʎa/ [ma.kiˈni.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /makiˈniʃa/ [ma.kiˈni.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /makiˈniʒa/ [ma.kiˈni.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: ma‧qui‧ni‧lla
Noun
maquinilla f (plural maquinillas)
- razor (tool designed for shaving)
- (Dominican Republic, Philippines, Puerto Rico) typewriter
- Synonym: máquina de escribir
Derived terms
Further reading
- “maquinilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “maquinilla”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010