maquinista
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (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)
- engineer (Canada and the US), engine driver (Britain), train driver
- machinist
Related terms
Further reading
- “maquinista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “maquinista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From máquina (“machine”) + -ista.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /makiˈnista/ [ma.kiˈnis.t̪a]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ista
- Syllabification: ma‧qui‧nis‧ta
Noun
maquinista m or f by sense (plural maquinistas)
- engineer (Canada and the US), engine driver (Britain), train driver
- machinist
Related terms
Further reading
- “maquinista”, 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