batería

See also: bateria, batéria, and baterią

Galician

Alternative forms

• bateria (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bateˈɾia/ [ba.t̪eˈɾi.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ba‧te‧ría

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin battuō

Latin battere

Old French batre

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Old French -ie

Old French baterie

French batteriebor.

Galician batería

Borrowed from French batterie.

Noun

batería f (plural baterías)

1. large battery

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

batería

1. first/third-person singular conditional of bater

Spanish

Pilas (left) and baterías (right)

batería of a smartphone

pilas recargables

batteries (sense 1)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin battuō

Latin battere

Old French batre

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Old French -ie

Old French baterie

French batteriebor.

Spanish batería

Borrowed from French batterie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bateˈɾia/ [ba.t̪eˈɾi.a]

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: ba‧te‧rí‧a

Noun

A drum kit

batería f (plural baterías)

1. large and rechargeable battery

   Coordinate term: pila

2. drum kit, drum set
3. set (collection of things)

   Synonym: juego

Usage notes

• Pila is used for small, cylindrical batteries while batería is used for larger, rectangular batteries.

Derived terms

• batería de cocina
• celda de batería
• en batería

Noun

A drummer

batería m or f by sense (plural baterías)

1. drummer

   Synonym: baterista

   el legendario batería de Talking Heads

   the legendary drummer of Talking Heads

See also

• Appendix:Spanish nouns that have different meanings depending on their gender

Further reading

• “batería”, 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