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machines

/məˈʃiːnz/

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noun

Máquinas, aparatos

A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.

Examples :

"The factory uses machines to assemble the toys quickly. "

La fábrica utiliza máquinas para ensamblar los juguetes rápidamente.

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noun

Vehículo

A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.

Examples :

"The machines in the factory are used to assemble cars. "

Los vehículos de la fábrica se utilizan para ensamblar coches.

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noun

Contestador automático, (por extensión) correo de voz

(abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.

Examples :

"I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine."

Te llamé antes, pero solo me salió el contestador automático.

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noun

Ordenador, computadora

Examples :

"The students used the school's machines to finish their research papers. "

Los estudiantes usaron las computadoras de la escuela para terminar sus trabajos de investigación.

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noun

Máquinas, organizaciones

A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.

Examples :

"Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons."

Bruce Campbell era una "máquina de matar demonios" porque se deshacía rápidamente de los demonios.

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noun

Máquinas, aparato

Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.

Examples :

""The school's student government was run by powerful machines that decided all the club funding." "

El gobierno estudiantil de la escuela estaba dirigido por poderosas máquinas que decidían la financiación de todos los clubes.

politics organization government

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Agencia sobrenatural, ser sobrehumano

Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.

Examples :

"In Milton's Paradise Lost, the "machines" of God and Satan, in the form of angels and demons, drive the epic's grand battles and fateful decisions. "

En El paraíso perdido de Milton, las «agencias sobrenaturales» de Dios y Satanás, en forma de ángeles y demonios, impulsan las grandes batallas y las decisiones fatídicas de la epopeya.

literature mythology supernatural

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Máquina política, aparato

The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.

Examples :

""For many years, the local political machines controlled who got jobs and contracts in the city." "

Durante muchos años, las máquinas políticas locales controlaron quién obtenía empleos y contratos en la ciudad.

politics government organization system

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Pene, miembro

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Máquina

A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.

Examples :

"In his play, the director used elaborate machines, lowering an actress dressed as a goddess from the ceiling to deliver the crucial message that resolved the conflict, a classic example of deus ex machina. "

En su obra, el director utilizó máquinas elaboradas, bajando a una actriz vestida de diosa desde el techo para entregar el mensaje crucial que resolvió el conflicto, un ejemplo clásico de deus ex machina.

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noun

Máquina de baño

A bathing machine.

Examples :

"In the 18th century, people used machines to change into their swimsuits privately on the beach. "

En el siglo XVIII, la gente usaba máquinas de baño para cambiarse en privado a sus trajes de baño en la playa.

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verb

Fabricar con máquinas

To make by machinery.

Examples :

"The factory machines thousands of plastic toys every day. "

La fábrica fabrica miles de juguetes de plástico cada día con máquinas.

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verb

Mecanizar

To shape or finish by machinery.

Examples :

"The factory machines metal into precise engine parts. "

La fábrica mecaniza el metal para convertirlo en piezas precisas de motor.

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