infraestructura

infrastructure

noun een-frah-ehs-trook-TOO-rah Less Common

Origin: From French infrastructure; infra- (below) + structure.

Usage Note

Infraestructura is used broadly for physical and organizational infrastructure (infraestructura vial, road infrastructure; infraestructura digital, digital infrastructure). The word is long but stress-regular: penultimate syllable, ending in a vowel. It entered Spanish via French in the 20th century and remains a formal, journalistic register word.

Examples

"El país necesita mejorar su infraestructura."

Natural Translation

The country needs to improve its infrastructure.

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