frágua

See also: fragua and fraguá

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese frauga, from a Vulgar Latin *frabica, a metathetic form of Latin fabrica (“smithy, forge”). Doublet of the borrowing fábrica and of forja, from French. Cognate with Spanish fragua.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾa.ɡwɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾa.ɡwɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾa.ɡwa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾa.ɡwɐ/ [ˈfɾa.ɣwɐ]

• Hyphenation: frá‧gua

Noun

frágua f (plural fráguas)

1. forge; furnace

Related terms

• fábrica