oficina

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin officīna (“workshop”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

oficina f (plural oficines)

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

Further reading

• “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.

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish oficina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /opiˈsina/, [o.piˈsi.na]
• Hyphenation: o‧fi‧ci‧na

Noun

oficina

1. office

Related terms

• oficial
• oficiales
• oficio

 

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin officīna (“workshop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊfiˈθinɐ/

Noun

oficina f (plural oficinas)

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

Further reading

• “oficina”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “oficina”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Macanese

Alternative forms

• oficína

Etymology

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

Noun

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

References

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• officina (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.fiˈsĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.fiˈsĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.fiˈsi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.fɨˈsi.nɐ/, /ɔ.fiˈsi.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: o‧fi‧ci‧na

Noun

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.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• ofi
• oficina de correos
• oficinista

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: oficina
• → Cebuano: opisina
• → Tagalog: opisina

Further reading

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