andamio
Spanish, noun
andamio is spelled A-N-D-A-M-I-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 50,132nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Andamio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “scaffold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of andamiar. With an accent, andamió is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of andamiar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de andar”.
What does andamio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescaffold
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of andamiar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of andamiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de andar. 2. Forma de andar. 3. Viga o armazón de tablones puestos de forma horizontal y apoyados en pies derechos y puentes. Sirve para apoyo de los trabajadores en las construcciones o edificios, ya sea para las restauraciones, pintar techos o paredes, decoraciones u otra clase de trabajos. 4. Tablados que se colocan en sitios públicos con el fin de que puedan verse las celebraciones del lugar.
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 andamio
- andamios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to andamio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is andamio in Spanish?
andamio appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).