fragua

See also: frágua and fraguá

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfra.ɡwa/, [ˈfɾa.ɣwa]

Etymology 1

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”). Compare the borrowed doublet fabrica, and forja, from French. Cognate with Portuguese frágua.

Noun

fragua f (plural fraguas)

  1. forge

Etymology 2

Verb

fragua

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of fraguar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of fraguar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of fraguar.

References

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