artefacto

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.tɨˈfa.ktu/

• Rhymes: -aktu
• Hyphenation: ar‧te‧fac‧to

Noun

artefacto m (plural artefactos)

1. European Portuguese form standard spelling of artefato.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin arte (“by skill”) (ablative of ars (“art”)) + factum (“thing made”), from faciō (“to make, to do”). Compare Italian artefatto, Portuguese artefato; see also artifex (“artist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾteˈfaɡto/ [aɾ.t̪eˈfaɣ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -aɡto
• Syllabification: ar‧te‧fac‧to

Noun

artefacto m (plural artefactos)

1. device, contraption
2. artifact

Further reading

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