Example sentences for: machico

How can you use “machico” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The road north heads inland after Machico.

  • Machico is one of Ma­dei­ra’s boat-building centers, and on the beach you will probably see work in progress on both old and new vessels, the former being used for scrap.

  • Machico can claim to be Madeira’s first settlement, the spot where João Gonçalves Zarco first came ashore on the island in 1419.

  • From Machico’s triangular “square,” several streets lead to the seafront — a dark, pebbly beach with a small fort dated 1706.

  • Zarco ruled the western half of Madeira, while his fellow Portuguese captain and navigator, Tristão Vaz Teixeira, governed over the eastern half from Machico.


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