fábrica

/ˈfabɾika/ · B1 · noun · f

factory

fábrica — factory

🏭 fábrica = where things are fabricated; same root as English fabricate

From Latin fabrica (workshop), from faber, a craftsman. English fabric and fabricate share the root. False friend alert: fábrica is a factory, not cloth, which is tela in Spanish.

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