fabricar

to manufacture, to make

verb fah-bree-KAHR Less Common

Origin: Latin fabricare

Also means

to fabricate (a lie)

Usage Note

Fabricar refers to industrial manufacturing (fabricar coches — 'to manufacture cars') but in formal or legal language also means 'to fabricate' in the sense of inventing a falsehood (fabricar pruebas — 'to fabricate evidence'). The noun is fábrica ('factory') for the building itself, while fabricación is the process of manufacturing.

Examples

"Esta empresa fabrica piezas de metal."

Natural Translation

This company manufactures metal parts.

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