frágua

See also: fragua and fraguá

Galician

Noun

frágua f (plural fráguas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of fragua

Further reading

• “frágua” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

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]

• Rhymes: -aɡwɐ
• Hyphenation: frá‧gua

Noun

frágua f (plural fráguas)

1. forge; furnace

Related terms

• fábrica

Further reading

• “frágua” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “frágua”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “frágua”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024