albañilería

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish albañil

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -āriader.

Spanish -ería

Spanish albañilería

From albañil + -ería.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /albaɲileˈɾia/ [al.β̞a.ɲi.leˈɾi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: al‧ba‧ñi‧le‧rí‧a

Noun

albañilería f (plural albañilerías)

1. the bricklaying or construction industry

Further reading

• “albañilería”, 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