albañilería
Spanish, noun/albaɲileˈɾia/
albañilería is spelled A-L-B-A-Ñ-I-L-E-R-Í-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 44,034th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Albañilería is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “the bricklaying or construction industry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El arte u oficio de de construir edificaciones con ladrillo, piedra, arena, cal, o materiales similares”.
What does albañilería mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe bricklaying or construction industry
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El arte u oficio de de construir edificaciones con ladrillo, piedra, arena, cal, o materiales similares. 2. Todo lo concerniente a los trabajos de albañil; así es que se llama obra de albañilería aquella que en su totalidad o mayor parte está hecha por albañiles. 3. Toda construcción con materiales sólidos, naturales o artificiales, simplemente yuxtapuestos o con intermedio de materias capaces de endurecimiento.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of albañilería
- albañilerías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce albañilería?
- /albaɲileˈɾia/
- [al.β̞a.ɲi.leˈɾi.a]
- [alβ̞aɲileˈɾia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to albañilería
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is albañilería in Spanish?
albañilería appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).