maquinista
Spanish, noun/makiˈnista/
maquinista is spelled M-A-Q-U-I-N-I-S-T-A (10 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 30,367th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maquinista is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “engineer (Canada and the US), engine driver (Britain), train driver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona encargada de conducir y maniobrar una locomotora”.
What does maquinista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineengineer (Canada and the US), engine driver (Britain), train driver
- 2
femininemasculinemachinist
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona encargada de conducir y maniobrar una locomotora.
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 maquinista
- maquinistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maquinista?
- /makiˈnista/
- [ma.kiˈnis.t̪a]
- [makiˈnist̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maquinista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maquinista in Spanish?
maquinista appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).