artefacto
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾ.tɨˈfa.ktu/
- Rhymes: -aktu
- Hyphenation: ar‧te‧fac‧to
Noun
artefacto m (plural artefactos)
- European Portuguese standard spelling of artefato.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin arte (“by skill”) (ablative of ars (“art”)) + factum (“thing made”), from faciō (“to make, to do”). Compare Italian artefatto, Portuguese artefato; see also artifex (“artist”).
Noun
artefacto m (plural artefactos)
- device, contraption
- artifact
Further reading
- “artefacto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014