usina

== French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: usinas, usinât === Verb === usina third-person singular past historic of usiner == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === 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) (Brazil) plant (factory or industrial facility), especially a large one (Brazil) sugar mill (factory that produces sugar) (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 inflection of usinar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “usina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “usina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == 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) 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025