maquila
Spanish, noun
maquila is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “maquila, half-almud (a traditional unit of dry measure of variable size)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of maquilar. With an accent, maquilá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of maquilar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Porción de grano, harina o aceite que corresponde al molinero por la molienda”.
What does maquila mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemaquila, half-almud (a traditional unit of dry measure of variable size)
- 2
femininesynonym of medio, half-celemin (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L)
- 3
femininesynonym of maquiladora (a factory or sweatshop in Latin American and Spanish contexts)
noun
- 1
femininealternative spelling of makila
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of maquilar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Porción de grano, harina o aceite que corresponde al molinero por la molienda. 2. matadero que sacrifica o despieza animales de otros ganaderos, es decir, matadero destinado a la prestación de servicios a terceros. 3. Medida con que se maquila. 4. Unidad de volumen equivalente a la mitad de un celemín.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of maquila
- maquilas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is maquila in Spanish?
maquila appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).