oficina

Borrowed from Latin officīna (“workshop”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.fiˈsi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.fiˈsi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [o.fiˈsi.na]

oficina f (plural oficines)

1. office (a room used for non-manual work)

• “oficina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “oficina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “oficina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “oficina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Learned borrowing from Latin officīna (“workshop”).

• IPA^(key): /ʊfiˈθinɐ/

oficina f (plural oficinas)

1. office (a room used for non-manual work)

• “oficina”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

• oficína

Presumably from Portuguese oficina, although probably influenced by English office.

oficina

1. office (a room used for non-manual work)

   tifinâ na oficina ― to have lunch at (one's desk at) the office

2. department
3. factory

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#o

• officina (obsolete)

Learned borrowing from Latin officīna (“workshop”). Doublet of usina.

• Hyphenation: o‧fi‧ci‧na

oficina f (plural oficinas)

1. workshop

   A pintura é atribuída à oficina de Rubens.

   The painting is attributed to the workshop of Rubens.

   O escultor trabalhava sempre até tarde na sua oficina.

   The sculptor always worked late in his workshop.

2. automobile garage (a place where cars are serviced and repaired)

   Hoje eu levei o meu carro à oficina.

   I took my car into the garage today.

• “oficina” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Borrowed from Latin officīna (“workshop”). Doublet of usina.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ofiˈθina/ [o.fiˈθi.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ofiˈsina/ [o.fiˈsi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: o‧fi‧ci‧na

oficina f (plural oficinas)

1. office (a room used for non-manual work)

   Synonyms: despacho, (colloquial) ofi

2. workshop

   Synonym: taller

3. laboratory (in a pharmacy)

   Synonym: laboratorio

• “oficina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014