usina

See also: usíná and -ušina

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: usinas, usinât

Verb

usina

1. third-person singular past historic of usiner

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈzĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈzĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈzi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /uˈzi.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: u‧si‧na

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• uzina (obsolete)

Noun

usina f (plural usinas)

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

Synonyms

• (factory): engenho, fábrica, indústria
• (sugar mill): engenho, engenho de açúcar
• (power plant): central elétrica (Portugal)

Related terms

• usinado
• usinagem
• usinar
• usineiro

Etymology 2

Verb

usina

1. inflection of usinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈsina/ [uˈsi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: u‧si‧na

Noun

usina f (plural usinas)

1. plant (factory or industrial facility), especially a large one

Further reading

• “usina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10