maquinação
Portuguese, noun/ma.ki.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
maquinação is spelled M-A-Q-U-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 135,347th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maquinação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “machination (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de maquinar”.
What does maquinação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemachination (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de maquinar 2. trama 3. conluio 4. enredo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of maquinação
- maquinações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maquinação?
- Brazil /ma.ki.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ma.ki.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /mɐ.ki.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maquinação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maquinação in Portuguese?
maquinação appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).