frauga
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Old Portuguese frauga, from a Vulgar Latin *frabica, a metathetic form of Latin fabrica (“smithy, forge”). Doublet of the borrowing fábrica and of forxa, from French. Cognate with Portuguese frágua.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɾaw.ɣa̝/
Noun
frauga f (plural fraugas)
- forge; furnace
- Synonyms: frágoa, forxa
Related terms
- fábrica