oficina

From Spanish oficina.^[1] Doublet of officina and usine.

oficina (plural oficinas)

1. A nitrate-producing factory in a Spanish-speaking country.
   • 1890, William Howard Russell, “Iquique to the Pampas”, in A Visit to Chile and the Nitrate Fields of Tarapacá, Etc., London: J[ames] S[prent] Virtue & Co., […], page 171:

     The external aspect of the oficina was not unlike that of a north-country coal or iron mine—tall chimneys and machinery, corrugated iron buildings, offices and houses, the shanties of workmen, a high bank of refuse.

   • 1907 July 22, F. G. Lomax, “Copy of letter from Mr. F. G. Lomax to the Law Debenture Corporation (Limited)”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 16,311, London, published 8 August 1907, page 1, column 6:

     Neighbouring oficinas place nitrate f.o.b. at shipping ports at a cost of from 5s to 5s. 6d. a quintal.

   • 1942 May, John Lyon Rich, “Physiographic Setting of the Nitrate Deposits of Tarapacá, Chile: Its Bearing on the Problem of Origin and Concentration”, in Economic Geology, volume XXXVII, number 3, →ISSN, page 198:

     Fig. 9 shows an oficina that has derived its nitrate from one of the small “islands” or “peninsulas” rising above the playa which can be seen surrounding the workings on all sides but the left.

Borrowed from Latin officīna (“workshop”).

• IPA^(key): /ofiˈθina/
• IPA^(key): /ofiˈsina/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: o‧fi‧ci‧na
• Rhymes: -ina

oficina f

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

• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

Borrowed from Latin officīna (“workshop”).

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

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oficina f (plural oficines)

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

• “oficina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “oficina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.

From Spanish oficina.

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

oficina

1. office

Learned borrowing from Latin officīna (“workshop”).

• IPA^(key): /ʊfiˈθinɐ/

oficina f (plural oficinas)

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

• “oficina” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “oficina”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• 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

• 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 (pre-standardization spelling)

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

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• 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): /ofiˈθina/ [o.fiˈθi.na] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ofiˈsina/ [o.fiˈsi.na] (Latin America, Philippines)
• 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

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

• “oficina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024