fragua

See also: frágua and fraguá

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾaɡwa/ [ˈfɾa.ɣ̞wa]
  • Rhymes: -aɡwa
  • Syllabification: fra‧gua

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish fragua, from older frauga, from a presumed earlier form *fravga, from a Vulgar Latin *frabica, a metathetic form of Latin fabrica (workshop),[1] from faber (forger, smith). Doublet of froga, fábrica, and forja, the second borrowed from Latin and the third from French. Compare Portuguese frágua.

Noun

fragua f (plural fraguas)

  1. forge

Etymology 2

Verb

fragua

  1. inflection of fraguar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “fragua”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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