maquila

maquila (plural maquilas)

1. A maquiladora.

maquila (plural maquilas)

1. Alternative spelling of makila
   • 1903, Lady Mary Loyd, translating Prosper Mérimée, Carmen (1845):

     I would give one of my fingers to have your milord out on the mountains, and each of us with a maquila in his fist.

• IPA^(key): /maˈkila/

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic مَكِيلَة‎ (makíla), from Arabic مَكِيلَة‎ (makīla).

maquila f (plural maquilas)

1. A unit of volume.
2. Synonym of maquiladora

Borrowed from Basque makila.

maquila f (plural maquilas)

1. Alternative spelling of makila

• “maquila” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.