fragua

See also: frágua and fraguá

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾaɡwa/ [ˈfɾa.ɣ̞wa]
• Rhymes: -aɡwa
• Syllabification: fra‧gua

Etymology 1

Inherited 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”), from faber (“forger, smith”). Doublet of froga, fábrica, and forja, the second borrowed from Latin and the third from French. Compare Portuguese frágua.

Noun

fragua f (plural fraguas)

1. forge

Related terms

• fábrica
• fraguar
• orfebre

 

Etymology 2

Verb

fragua

1. inflection of fraguar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “fragua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014