fragua
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)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
fragua
- inflection of fraguar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
References
- ^ 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
Further reading
- “fragua”, 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
- “fragua”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
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