laboratorio

/laboɾaˈtoɾjo/ · A2 · noun · m

lab

laboratorio — lab

🔬🧪 labor + -atorio: a place where labor (work) gets done

From Latin laborare, to work, plus the place suffix -torium (Spanish -torio, as in dormitorio, a place to sleep). Nearly identical to English laboratory: swap the final -y for -io and stress the TO: la-bo-ra-TO-rio.

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