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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese frauga, from a Vulgar Latin *frabica, a metathetic form of Latin fabrica (“smithy, forge”). Doublet of the borrowing fábrica and of forja, from French. Cognate with Spanish fragua.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɡwɐ
- Hyphenation: frá‧gua
Noun
frágua f (plural fráguas)
- forge; furnace