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ingeniería

engineering

noun een-heh-nyeh-REE-ah Less Common

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--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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