Meaning
to make
- to manufacture
- to build, put up, make up
- to fabricate
In a sentence
Questa ditta fabbrica tavoli in legno.
This company makes wooden tables.
Quella storica azienda fabbrica automobili da più di un secolo.
That historic company has been manufacturing cars for more than a century.
Non fabbricare scuse, dimmi la verità.
Don't make up excuses, tell me the truth.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| fabbricare | infinitive |
| fabbrichiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| fabbrico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| fabbricate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fabbrichi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fabbricano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fabbrica | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fabbricavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fabbricavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fabbricavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fabbricavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fabbricavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fabbricava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fabbricammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| fabbricai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| fabbricaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| fabbricasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| fabbricarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| fabbricò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| fabbricheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| fabbricherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| fabbricherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| fabbricherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| fabbricheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| fabbricherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| fabbrichiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| fabbrichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| fabbrichiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fabbrichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fabbrichino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fabbrichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fabbricassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fabbricassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fabbricaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fabbricassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fabbricassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fabbricasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fabbricheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| fabbricherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| fabbrichereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fabbricheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fabbricherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fabbricherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fabbrichiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| fabbricate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| fabbrica | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| fabbricando | gerund |
| fabbricato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use fabbricare mainly for industrial production. For handmade or general “make,” prefer fare or costruire depending on context.
- Fabbricare can also mean “forge” or “invent” in formal contexts, especially with prove, documenti, or accuse.
- It takes avere in compound tenses: ha fabbricato, not è fabbricato.