el laboratorio
laboratory
Lugar donde se realizan experimentos o pruebas científicas con diferentes materiales o sustancias.
Definition & meaning
Laboratorio means laboratory or lab: a place equipped for scientific research, experiments, testing, or the production of medicines and other substances.
It can also refer to an organization that performs such work, especially a pharmaceutical company, or figuratively to a setting where ideas are tested and developed.
Grammar & Word origin
- Masculine noun: el laboratorio; plural: los laboratorios.
- From Latin laboratorium, meaning “a place for work,” related to laborare, “to work.”
Synonyms & antonyms
- lab — an informal shortening used in some contexts, especially in names.
- centro de investigación — “research center”; broader than a laboratory and may contain several labs.
- taller — “workshop”; a place for practical work, though not necessarily scientific.
There is no common direct antonym.
Common phrases & collocations
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Examples
El laboratorio de ciencias está limpio.noun
The science laboratory is clean.
Tengo que ir al laboratorio para hacer un experimento.noun
I have to go to the laboratory to do an experiment.
Los estudiantes estudian en el laboratorio cada martes.noun
The students study in the laboratory every Tuesday.
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