Skip to main content

pirotecnia

Spanish, noun/piɾoˈteɡnja/

pirotecnia is spelled P-I-R-O-T-E-C-N-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 37,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pirotecnia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pyrotechnics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Arte que trata de todo género de invenciones de fuego, en máquinas militares y en otros artificios para…”.

What does pirotecnia mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepyrotechnics

  2. 2

    femininefireworks or other explosive materials

  3. 3

    femininea factory of such materials

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Arte que trata de todo género de invenciones de fuego, en máquinas militares y en otros artificios para diversión y festejo. 2. Conjunto de elementos y materiales utilizados para la pirotecnia. 3. Fábrica de pirotecnia.

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 pirotecnia

  • pirotecnias plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pirotecnia?

  • /piɾoˈteɡnja/
  • [pi.ɾoˈt̪eɣ̞.nja]
  • [piɾoˈt̪eknja]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pirotecnia

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pirotecnia in Spanish?

pirotecnia 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).

What to look up after pirotecnia