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fábrica f. (Noun) "factory"
15th cent. Borrowed from Latin fabrica "workshop." The native descendent of fabrica is fragua.
Indo-European
Romance
Catalan fàbrica, French fabrique, Italian fabbrica, Romanian fabrică, Sardinian fravica
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