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maquinar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • engineer noun A person professionally trained to design, build, or maintain machines, structures, or systems.

Senses

maquinar is used for these senses in English:

  • engineer To plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile; to finagle, to wangle.

engineer — full definition

  1. noun A person professionally trained to design, build, or maintain machines, structures, or systems.
  2. noun A person who operates an engine, especially the driver of a train (chiefly US) or the operator of a ship's engine room.
  3. verb To design, build, or carefully arrange something using skill and planning.

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