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forjar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fabricate verb To manufacture or build something, especially by assembling parts.
  • forge noun A furnace or workshop where metal is heated and shaped.
  • malleate adj Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer.

Senses

forjar is used for these senses in English:

  • fabricate (transitive) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce.
  • fabricate (transitive) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely.
  • forge (metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
  • forge To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.
  • malleate (rare) To beat into shape with a hammer. [from 1598]

fabricate — full definition

  1. verb To manufacture or build something, especially by assembling parts.
  2. verb To invent a false story, document, or excuse and present it as genuine.

forge — full definition

  1. noun A furnace or workshop where metal is heated and shaped.
  2. verb To shape metal by heating and hammering it.
  3. verb To illegally copy or fake a document, signature, or item.
  4. verb To build or develop something gradually through effort.

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