fábrica

Borrowed from Latin fabrica (“workshop”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfabɾika/ [ˈfa.β̞ɾi.ka]
• Rhymes: -abɾika
• Syllabification: fá‧bri‧ca

fábrica f (plural fábriques)

1. factory

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfabɾika/ [ˈfa.β̞ɾi.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -abɾika
• Hyphenation: fá‧bri‧ca

fábrica f (plural fábricas)

1. factory

• “fábrica”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “fábrica” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Learned borrowing 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, usina (Brazil)

Borrowed from Latin fabrica (“workshop”). Doublet of forja, fragua, and froga.

• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024