Usage Note
Ingeniería is the discipline; the practitioner is ingeniero/a (engineer). The accent on -ía breaks the diphthong, giving five syllables: in-ge-nie-rí-a. Common collocations include ingeniería civil (civil engineering) and ingeniería de software (software engineering). Do not confuse ingeniero with ingenioso (ingenious).
Examples
"Estudia ingeniería en la universidad."
Natural Translation
She studies engineering at university.

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