arquitecto

Galician

Alternative forms

• arquiteto (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾkiˈtɛkto/ [aɾ.kiˈt̪ɛk.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɛkto
• Hyphenation: ar‧qui‧tec‧to

Noun

arquitecto m (plural arquitectos, feminine arquitecta, feminine plural arquitectas)

1. architect

Related terms

• arquitectura

Further reading

• “arquitecto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

arquitecto m (plural arquitectos, feminine arquitecta, feminine plural arquitectas)

1. (European Portuguese spelling) pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of arquiteto; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Etymology 2

Verb

arquitecto

1. first-person singular present indicative of arquitectar

Further reading

• “arquitecto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾkiˈteɡto/ [aɾ.kiˈt̪eɣ̞.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eɡto
• Syllabification: ar‧qui‧tec‧to

Noun

arquitecto m (plural arquitectos, feminine arquitecta, feminine plural arquitectas)

1. architect

Derived terms

• arqui

Related terms

• arquitectónico
• arquitectura

Descendants

• → Cebuano: arkitekto
• → Central Bikol: arkitekto
• → Tagalog: arkitekto

Further reading

• “arquitecto”, 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