fabricar

Borrowed from Latin fabricāre. First attested in the 14th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fə.βɾiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [fə.bɾiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fa.bɾiˈkaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

fabricar (first-person singular present fabrico, first-person singular preterite fabriquí, past participle fabricat)

1. (transitive) to construct; manufacture; make

• fabricant
• prefabricar

• fàbrica
• fabricació

• “fabricar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “fabricar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fabricar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin fabricāre.

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fabricar

1. (transitive) to manufacture

• fabrica
• fabricacion

Borrowed from Latin fabricāre.

• Hyphenation: fa‧bri‧car

fabricar (first-person singular present fabrico, first-person singular preterite fabriquei, past participle fabricado)

1. (transitive) to manufacture, to fabricate (to make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery)

   Synonym: manufaturar

   • 2015, Paul Krugman, Robin Wells, Microeconomia: Uma abordagem moderna, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 70:

     Em vez de cada um dos 10 operários fabricar um alfinete do início ao fim, cada um se especializava em uma das muitas etapas da fabricação de um alfinete: Um homem estica o arame, outro o endireita, outro o corta, outro faz a ponta, um quinto o amassa na ponta para receber a cabeça.

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2. (transitive) to fabricate, to construct, to build

   Synonyms: construir, edificar

• “fabricar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “fabricar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin fabricāre. Compare the inherited doublet fraguar.

• IPA^(key): /fabɾiˈkaɾ/ [fa.β̞ɾiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fa‧bri‧car

fabricar (first-person singular present fabrico, first-person singular preterite fabriqué, past participle fabricado)

1. to manufacture
2. to build

• “fabricar”, 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