usina

Meaning

Noun

1. (Brazil, feminine) plant (factory or industrial facility), especially a large one
2. (Brazil, feminine) sugar mill (factory that produces sugar)
3. (Brazil, feminine) power plant (industrial complex where electricity is produced)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of usinar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of usinar:

usinar

1. (transitive) to machine
2. (transitive) to manufacture (using machinery)

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Concepts

plant

🌱

mill

factory

🏭

works

power station

manufactory

station

🚉

sugar mill

industrial plant

manufacturing plant

powerhouse

power plant

refinery

Synonyms

fábrica

🏭

casademoinho

central eléctrica

manufatura

Usina

Usinas de energia

produtos industriais

Translations

usine

🏭

fábrica

🏭

fàbrica

🏭

fabriek

🏭

fabrique

🏭

fabbrica

🏭

Fabrik

🌱

fabrika

🏭

εργοστάσιο

factoria

🏭

metaalfabriek

planta

🌱

Werk

opificio

🏭

Pronounced as (IPA)

/uˈzĩ.nɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: usine

In summary

Borrowed from French usine (“factory; works”), from Latin officīna. Doublet of oficina.