fabricar

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

fabricar (first-person singular present fabrico, first-person singular preterite fabriquí, past participle fabricat)

1. to construct; manufacture; make

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fabricar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			fabricar
gerund			fabricant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fabricat		fabricada
		plural		fabricats		fabricades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fabrico	fabriques	fabrica	fabriquem	fabriqueu	fabriquen
	imperfect	fabricava	fabricaves	fabricava	fabricàvem	fabricàveu	fabricaven
	future	fabricaré	fabricaràs	fabricarà	fabricarem	fabricareu	fabricaran
	preterite	fabriquí	fabricares	fabricà	fabricàrem	fabricàreu	fabricaren
	conditional	fabricaria	fabricaries	fabricaria	fabricaríem	fabricaríeu	fabricarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fabriqui	fabriquis	fabriqui	fabriquem	fabriqueu	fabriquin
	imperfect	fabriqués	fabriquessis	fabriqués	fabriquéssim	fabriquéssiu	fabriquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	fabrica	fabriqui	fabriquem	fabriqueu	fabriquin
	negative (no)	—	no fabriquis	no fabriqui	no fabriquem	no fabriqueu	no fabriquin

Related terms

• fàbrica
• fabricació

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, present active infinitive of fabricō.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

fabricar

1. (transitive) to manufacture

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fabricar			aver fabricat
gerund		fabricant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		fabricat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	fabriqui	fabricas	fabrica	fabricam	fabricatz	fabrican
	imperfect	fabricavi	fabricavas	fabricava	fabricàvem	fabricàvetz	fabricavan
	preterite	fabriquèri	fabriquères	fabriquèt	fabriquèrem	fabriquèretz	fabriquèron
	future	fabricarai	fabricaràs	fabricarà	fabricarem	fabricaretz	fabricaràn
	conditional	fabricariái	fabricariás	fabricariá	fabricariam	fabricariatz	fabricarián
	conditional 2nd form1	fabriquèra	fabriquèras	fabriquèra	fabriqueram	fabriqueratz	fabriquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	fabrique	fabriques	fabrique	fabriquem	fabriquetz	fabriquen
	imperfect	fabriquèssi	fabriquèsses	fabriquèsse	fabriquèssem	fabriquèssetz	fabriquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			fabrica		fabriquem	fabricatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		fabricar			aver fabricat
gerund		fabricant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		fabricat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	fabrique	fabriques	fabrica	fabricam	fabricatz	fabricon
	imperfect	fabricave	fabricaves	fabricava	fabricaviam	fabricaviatz	fabricavon
	preterite	fabriquere	fabriqueres	fabriquet	fabriquem	fabriquetz	fabriqueron
	future	fabricarai	fabricaràs	fabricará	fabricarem	fabricaretz	fabricarán
	conditional	fabricariá	fabricariás	fabricariá	fabricariam	fabricariatz	fabricarián
	conditional 2nd form1	fabriquèra	fabriquèras	fabriquèra	fabriqueram	fabriqueratz	fabriquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	fabrique	fabriques	fabrique	fabricassiam	fabricassiatz	fabricon
	imperfect	fabriquesse	fabriquesses	fabriquesse	fabriquessiam	fabriquessiatz	fabriquesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			fabrica		fabricassiam	fabricatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		fabricar			aver fabricat
gerund		fabricant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		fabricat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	fabriqui	fabricas	fabrica	fabricam	fabricatz	fabrican
	imperfect	fabricavi	fabricavas	fabricava	fabricàvam	fabricàvatz	fabricavan
	preterite	fabriquèi	fabriquès	fabriquè	fabriquèm	fabriquètz	fabriquèn
	future	fabricarèi	fabricaràs	fabricarà	fabricaram	fabricaratz	fabricaràn
	conditional	fabricarí	fabricarés	fabricaré	fabricarem	fabricaretz	fabricarén
	conditional 2nd form1	fabriquèra	fabriquèras	fabriquèra	fabriqueram	fabriqueratz	fabriquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	fabriqui	fabriques	fabrique	fabriquem	fabriquetz	fabriquen
	imperfect	fabriquèssi	fabriquèsses	fabriquèsse	fabriquèssem	fabriquèssetz	fabriquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			fabrica		fabriquem	fabricatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		fabricar			aver fabricat
gerund		fabricant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		fabricat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	fabrique	fabricas	fabrica	fabricam	fabricatz	fabrican
	imperfect	fabricava	fabricavas	fabricava	fabricàvam	fabricàvatz	fabricavan
	preterite	fabriquei	fabriqueras	fabriquet	fabriquèram	fabriquèratz	fabriqueran
	future	fabricarai	fabricaràs	fabricará	fabricarem	fabricaretz	fabricarán
	conditional	fabricariá	fabricariàs	fabricariá	fabricariam	fabricariatz	fabricarián
	conditional 2nd form1	fabriquèra	fabriquèras	fabriquèra	fabriqueram	fabriqueratz	fabriquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	fabrique	fabriques	fabrique	fabriquem	fabriquetz	fabriquen
	imperfect	fabriquèsse	fabriquèsses	fabriquèsse	fabriquèssem	fabriquèssetz	fabriquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			fabrica		fabriquem	fabricatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		fabricar			aver fabricat
gerund		fabricant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		fabricat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	fabrique	fabriques	fabrica	fabricam	fabricatz	fabrican
	imperfect	fabricavi	fabricavas	fabricava	fabricàvem	fabricàvetz	fabricavan
	preterite	fabriquère	fabriquères	fabriquèt	fabriqueriam	fabriqueriatz	fabriquèron
	future	fabricarai	fabricaràs	fabricarà	fabricarem	fabricaretz	fabricaràn
	conditional	fabricariáu	fabricariás	fabricariá	fabricariam	fabricariatz	fabricarián
	conditional 2nd form1	fabriquèra	fabriquèras	fabriquèra	fabriqueram	fabriqueratz	fabriquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	fabrique	fabriques	fabrique	fabriquem	fabriquetz	fabrican
	imperfect	fabriquèsse	fabriquèsses	fabriquèsse	fabriquessiam	fabriquessiatz	fabriquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			fabrica		fabriquem	fabricatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• fabrica
• fabricacion

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fabricāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.bɾiˈka(ʁ)/ [fa.bɾiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.bɾiˈka(ʁ)/ [fa.bɾiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fa.bɾiˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fa.bɾiˈka(ʁ)/ [fa.bɾiˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.bɾiˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ.bɾiˈkaɾ/ [fɐ.βɾiˈkaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ.bɾiˈkaɾ/ [fɐ.βɾiˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /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)

1. to manufacture
2. to fabricate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fabricar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fabricar
Personal	fabricar	fabricares	fabricar	fabricarmos	fabricardes	fabricarem
Gerund
	fabricando
Past participle
Masculine	fabricado			fabricados
Feminine	fabricada			fabricadas
Indicative
Present	fabrico	fabricas	fabrica	fabricamos	fabricais	fabricam
Imperfect	fabricava	fabricavas	fabricava	fabricávamos	fabricáveis	fabricavam
Preterite	fabriquei	fabricaste	fabricou	fabricamos1, fabricámos2	fabricastes	fabricaram
Pluperfect	fabricara	fabricaras	fabricara	fabricáramos	fabricáreis	fabricaram
Future	fabricarei	fabricarás	fabricará	fabricaremos	fabricareis	fabricarão
Conditional	fabricaria	fabricarias	fabricaria	fabricaríamos	fabricaríeis	fabricariam
Subjunctive
Present	fabrique	fabriques	fabrique	fabriquemos	fabriqueis	fabriquem
Imperfect	fabricasse	fabricasses	fabricasse	fabricássemos	fabricásseis	fabricassem
Future	fabricar	fabricares	fabricar	fabricarmos	fabricardes	fabricarem
Imperative
Affirmative		fabrica	fabrique	fabriquemos	fabricai	fabriquem
Negative (não)		não fabriques	não fabrique	não fabriquemos	não fabriqueis	não fabriquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fabricar.

Related terms

• fábrica

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fabricāre. Compare the inherited doublet fraguar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fabɾiˈkaɾ/ [fa.β̞ɾiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fa‧bri‧car

Verb

fabricar (first-person singular present fabrico, first-person singular preterite fabriqué, past participle fabricado)

1. to manufacture
2. to build

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fabricar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fabricar
gerund			fabricando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fabricado		fabricada
		plural		fabricados		fabricadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fabrico	fabricastú fabricásvos	fabrica	fabricamos	fabricáis	fabrican
	imperfect	fabricaba	fabricabas	fabricaba	fabricábamos	fabricabais	fabricaban
	preterite	fabriqué	fabricaste	fabricó	fabricamos	fabricasteis	fabricaron
	future	fabricaré	fabricarás	fabricará	fabricaremos	fabricaréis	fabricarán
	conditional	fabricaría	fabricarías	fabricaría	fabricaríamos	fabricaríais	fabricarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fabrique	fabriquestú fabriquésvos2	fabrique	fabriquemos	fabriquéis	fabriquen
	imperfect (ra)	fabricara	fabricaras	fabricara	fabricáramos	fabricarais	fabricaran
	imperfect (se)	fabricase	fabricases	fabricase	fabricásemos	fabricaseis	fabricasen
	future1	fabricare	fabricares	fabricare	fabricáremos	fabricareis	fabricaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fabricatú fabricávos	fabrique	fabriquemos	fabricad	fabriquen
	negative		no fabriques	no fabrique	no fabriquemos	no fabriquéis	no fabriquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of fabricar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive fabricar
	dative	fabricarme	fabricarte	fabricarle, fabricarse	fabricarnos	fabricaros	fabricarles, fabricarse
	accusative	fabricarme	fabricarte	fabricarlo, fabricarla, fabricarse	fabricarnos	fabricaros	fabricarlos, fabricarlas, fabricarse
with gerund fabricando
	dative	fabricándome	fabricándote	fabricándole, fabricándose	fabricándonos	fabricándoos	fabricándoles, fabricándose
	accusative	fabricándome	fabricándote	fabricándolo, fabricándola, fabricándose	fabricándonos	fabricándoos	fabricándolos, fabricándolas, fabricándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative fabrica
	dative	fabrícame	fabrícate	fabrícale	fabrícanos	not used	fabrícales
	accusative	fabrícame	fabrícate	fabrícalo, fabrícala	fabrícanos	not used	fabrícalos, fabrícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fabricá
	dative	fabricame	fabricate	fabricale	fabricanos	not used	fabricales
	accusative	fabricame	fabricate	fabricalo, fabricala	fabricanos	not used	fabricalos, fabricalas
with formal second-person singular imperative fabrique
	dative	fabríqueme	not used	fabríquele, fabríquese	fabríquenos	not used	fabríqueles
	accusative	fabríqueme	not used	fabríquelo, fabríquela, fabríquese	fabríquenos	not used	fabríquelos, fabríquelas
with first-person plural imperative fabriquemos
	dative	not used	fabriquémoste	fabriquémosle	fabriquémonos	fabriquémoos	fabriquémosles
	accusative	not used	fabriquémoste	fabriquémoslo, fabriquémosla	fabriquémonos	fabriquémoos	fabriquémoslos, fabriquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fabricad
	dative	fabricadme	not used	fabricadle	fabricadnos	fabricaos	fabricadles
	accusative	fabricadme	not used	fabricadlo, fabricadla	fabricadnos	fabricaos	fabricadlos, fabricadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fabriquen
	dative	fabríquenme	not used	fabríquenle	fabríquennos	not used	fabríquenles, fabríquense
	accusative	fabríquenme	not used	fabríquenlo, fabríquenla	fabríquennos	not used	fabríquenlos, fabríquenlas, fabríquense

Related terms

• fábrica
• fabricación
• fabricado
• fabricante

 

Further reading

• “fabricar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28