construcción

construction, building

noun kohn-strook-SYOHN Common

Also means

sentence structure (grammar)

Usage Note

Construcción covers both the physical act of building and the finished structure — en construcción ('under construction') is the phrase on scaffolding signs. In linguistics it means a grammatical construction. The verb is construir and the builder is constructor.

Examples

"La construcción del puente tardó dos años."

Natural Translation

The construction of the bridge took two years.

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