fábrica

Borrowed from Latin fabrica (“workshop”).

fábrica f (plural fábriques)

1. factory

Learned borrowing from Latin fabrica (“workshop”), from faber (“forger, smith”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.βɾi.ka̝/

fábrica f (plural fábricas)

1. factory

• “fábrica”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Borrowed from Latin fabrica (“workshop”), from faber (“forger, smith”). Doublet of frágua and forja.

• Hyphenation: fá‧bri‧ca

fábrica f (plural fábricas)

1. factory (manufacturing place)

   Synonyms: engenho, indústria, oficina, (Brazil) usina

• de fábrica

Borrowed from Latin fabrica (“workshop”). Doublet of fragua.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfabɾika/ [ˈfa.β̞ɾi.ka]

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• Rhymes: -abɾika
• Syllabification: fá‧bri‧ca

fábrica f (plural fábricas)

1. factory

   Synonym: planta

• Fábrica is a false friend, and does not mean fabric. The Spanish word for fabric is tela or tejido.

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