oficina
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin officīna (“workshop”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [u.fiˈsi.nə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [o.fiˈsi.nə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [o.fiˈsi.na]
Noun edit
oficina f (plural oficines)
- office (a room used for non-manual work)
Further reading edit
- “oficina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “oficina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “oficina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “oficina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin officīna (“workshop”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oficina f (plural oficinas)
- office (a room used for non-manual work)
Macanese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Presumably from Portuguese oficina, although probably influenced by English office.
Noun edit
oficina
- office (a room used for non-manual work)
- tifinâ na oficina ― to have lunch at (one's desk at) the office
- department
- factory
References edit
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin officīna (“workshop”). Doublet of usina.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: o‧fi‧ci‧na
Noun edit
oficina f (plural oficinas)
- workshop
- A pintura é atribuída à oficina de Rubens.
- The painting is attributed to the workshop of Rubens.
- O escultor trabalhava sempre até tarde na sua oficina.
- The sculptor always worked late in his workshop.
- automobile garage (a place where cars are serviced and repaired)
- Hoje eu levei o meu carro à oficina.
- I took my car into the garage today.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin officīna (“workshop”). Doublet of usina.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ofiˈθina/ [o.fiˈθi.na]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ofiˈsina/ [o.fiˈsi.na]
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: o‧fi‧ci‧na
Noun edit
oficina f (plural oficinas)
- office (a room used for non-manual work)
- workshop
- Synonym: taller
- laboratory (in a pharmacy)
- Synonym: laboratorio
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “oficina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014