usina
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
usina
- third-person singular past historic of usiner
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: u‧si‧na
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from French usine (“factory; works”). Doublet of oficina.
Alternative forms edit
- uzina (obsolete)
Noun edit
usina f (plural usinas)
- (Brazil) plant (factory or industrial facility), especially a large one
- (Brazil) sugar mill (factory that produces sugar)
- (Brazil) power plant (industrial complex where electricity is produced)
Synonyms edit
- (factory): engenho, fábrica, indústria
- (sugar mill): engenho, engenho de açúcar
- (power plant): central elétrica (Portugal)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
usina
- inflection of usinar:
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French usine (“factory; works”). Doublet of oficina.
Noun edit
usina f (plural usinas)
- plant (factory or industrial facility), especially a large one
Further reading edit
- “usina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014