minería
Spanish, noun/mineˈɾia/
minería is spelled M-I-N-E-R-Í-A (7 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,981st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minería is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “mining” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Arte de laborear, explotar y explorar las minas”.
What does minería mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arte de laborear, explotar y explorar las minas 2. Conjunto de personas dedicadas al trabajo de explotación de minas. 3. Industria o actividad minera. 4. Conjunto de las minas de una nación, comarca, región, etc..
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 minería
- minerías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minería?
- /mineˈɾia/
- [mi.neˈɾi.a]
- [mineˈɾia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to minería
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minería in Spanish?
minería appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).