# fabricar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fabricāre. First attested in the 14th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [fə.βɾiˈka]
* IPA: (Balearic) [fə.bɾiˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [fa.bɾiˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

fabricar (first-person singular present fabrico, first-person singular preterite fabriquí, past participle fabricat)
* (transitive) to construct; manufacture; make

#### Derived terms

* fabricant
* prefabricar

#### Related terms

* fàbrica
* fabricació

### References

* ↑ “fabricar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Further reading

* “fabricar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “fabricar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “fabricar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Occitan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fabricāre.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

fabricar
* (transitive) to manufacture

#### Related terms

* fabrica
* fabricacion

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fabricāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fa.bɾiˈka(ʁ)/ [fa.bɾiˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /fa.bɾiˈka(ʁ)/ [fa.bɾiˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /fa.bɾiˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /fa.bɾiˈka(ʁ)/ [fa.bɾiˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /fa.bɾiˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɐ.bɾiˈkaɾ/ [fɐ.βɾiˈkaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɐ.bɾiˈkaɾ/ [fɐ.βɾiˈkaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fɐ.bɾiˈka.ɾi/ [fɐ.βɾiˈka.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: fa‧bri‧car

### Verb

fabricar (first-person singular present fabrico, first-person singular preterite fabriquei, past participle fabricado)
* (transitive) to manufacture, to fabricate (to make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery)
    Synonym: manufaturar
** 2015, Paul Krugman, Robin Wells, Microeconomia: Uma abordagem moderna, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 70:Em vez de cada um dos 10 operários fabricar um alfinete do início ao fim, cada um se especializava em uma das muitas etapas da fabricação de um alfinete: Um homem estica o arame, outro o endireita, outro o corta, outro faz a ponta, um quinto o amassa na ponta para receber a cabeça.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (transitive) to fabricate, to construct, to build
    Synonyms: construir, edificar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* fábrica
* fabricação
* fabricante
* fabricável

### Further reading

* “fabricar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “fabricar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fabricāre. Compare the inherited doublet fraguar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fabɾiˈkaɾ/ [fa.β̞ɾiˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: fa‧bri‧car

### Verb

fabricar (first-person singular present fabrico, first-person singular preterite fabriqué, past participle fabricado)
* to manufacture
* to build

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* fábrica
* fabricación
* fabricado
* fabricante

### Further reading

* “fabricar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10