maquinista
Portuguese, noun/ma.kiˈnis.tɐ/
maquinista is spelled M-A-Q-U-I-N-I-S-T-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,239th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maquinista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “engineer (Canada and the US), engine driver (Britain), train driver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que inventa, faz ou dirige máquinas”.
What does maquinista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineengineer (Canada and the US), engine driver (Britain), train driver
- 2
femininemasculinemachinist
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que inventa, faz ou dirige máquinas 2. encarregado do cenário de um teatro
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 maquinista
- maquinistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maquinista?
- Brazil /ma.kiˈnis.tɐ/
- /ma.kiˈniʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ma.kiˈniʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
maquinista appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).