estructura

See also: estructurá

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin strūctūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estɾukˈtuɾa/ [es̪.t̪ɾukˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: es‧truc‧tu‧ra

Noun

estructura f (plural estructures)

1. structure (cohesive whole built up of distinct parts)
2. structure (underlying shape of a solid)

Catalan

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin strūctūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əs.tɾukˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [es.tɾukˈtu.ɾa]

Noun

estructura f (plural estructures)

1. structure

Derived terms

• estructural
• estructurar
• infraestructura
• superestructura
• tecnoestructura

Further reading

• “estructura”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology 2

Verb

estructura

1. inflection of estructurar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Noun

estructura f (plural estructuras)

1. obsolete form of estrutura

Verb

estructura

1. obsolete form of estrutura

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estɾuɡˈtuɾa/ [es.t̪ɾuɣ̞ˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: es‧truc‧tu‧ra

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ster-

Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *strew-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *stréweti

Proto-Italic *strowō

Latin struō

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -tūra

Latin strūctūralbor.

Spanish estructura

Learned borrowing from Latin strūctūra, from struō (“to build”) + -tūra (“concrete action noun suffix”).

Noun

estructura f (plural estructuras)

1. structure

   Estoy buscando debilidades en la estructura del edificio.

   I am searching for weaknesses in the structure of the building.

Derived terms

• estructural
• estructurar
• nanoestructura

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

estructura

1. inflection of estructurar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “estructura”, 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