Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maquiladora

/ˌmɑkɪləˈdɔːɹə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: maquilado-ra
IPA: /ˌmɑkɪləˈdɔːɹə/

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An assembly plant in Mexico owned by a company from the United States or another foreign country, using cheap local labour and imported components, and which then exports its products to the company's country of origin; also (by extension) similar factories in other countries.

Example Sentences

"If such maquiladora projects are to be the model for Haiti's economic future, they will simply create future generations of sweatshop labor at subsistence wages."
"The girls were invariably captured while running errands in the centre of town, or on their way to or from work in the hundreds of maquiladoras: sweatshop assembly plants that constitute the economy of Juárez, manufacturing (for rock-bottom wages) the goods that America and Europe deem essential to keep their supermarket shelves and car-concession outlets stocked."

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish maquiladora, from maquilar (“assemble”).

Word Breakdown

Root: maquiladora

Inflected Forms

maquiladoras (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce maquiladora?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɑkɪləˈdɔːɹə/.
What does maquiladora mean?: An assembly plant in Mexico owned by a company from the United States or another foreign country, using cheap local labour and imported components, and which then exports its products to the company's country of origin; also (by extension) similar factories in other countries.
Where does maquiladora come from?: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish maquiladora, from maquilar (“assemble”).

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