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maquila

Pronunciation: /maˈkila/

“maquila” is a Spanish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. maquila, half-almud (a traditional unit of dry measure of variable size)
  2. synonym of medio, half-celemin (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L)
  3. synonym of maquiladora (a factory or sweatshop in Latin American and Spanish contexts)

In Spanish

  1. Porción de grano, harina o aceite que corresponde al molinero por la molienda.
  2. matadero que sacrifica o despieza animales de otros ganaderos, es decir, matadero destinado a la prestación de servicios a terceros.
  3. Medida con que se maquila.
  4. Unidad de volumen equivalente a la mitad de un celemín.

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic مَكِيلَة (makíla), from Arabic مَكِيلَة (makīla, “measured”). In reference to factories, via clipping of maquiladora, from maquilar (“to assemble”) + -adora (“-ator: forming agent nouns”), from maquilar's original sense of taking a toll of grain.

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