ingeniero

See also: inĝeniero

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ingénieur, assimilated to the Spanish suffix -ero. By surface analysis, ingenio (“artifice, ingenuity”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /inxeˈnjeɾo/ [ĩŋ.xeˈnje.ɾo]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: in‧ge‧nie‧ro

Noun

ingeniero m (plural ingenieros, feminine ingeniera, feminine plural ingenieras)

engineer

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Cebuano: inhenyero, enhinyero
→ Tagalog: inhinyero

Further reading

“ingeniero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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