albañil

See also: albanil

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (albanní), from Arabic بَنَّاء (bannāʔ, “bricklayer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /albaˈɲil/ [al.β̞aˈɲil]

Noun

albañil m (plural albañiles, feminine albañila, feminine plural albañilas)

1. mason, bricklayer

Derived terms

• abeja albañila

Related terms

• albañilería

Descendants

• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: ölbañil
• → Zoogocho Zapotec: albanil

Further reading

• “albañil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014