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Construction in Spanish: How to Say Construcción
Construcción · noun (feminine) · cons-truc-SYON
Construction in Spanish is construcción, a feminine noun (la construcción) covering both the act of building and the sector. A construction site is una obra.
Construcción is cons-truc-SYON.
Hay mucha construcción en el centro de la ciudad.
There's a lot of construction downtown.
Construction in Spanish: Quick Reference
Below are the most common Spanish words for construction, with pronunciation and regional usage notes.
| Spanish | English | Pronunciation | Region / Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| construcción | construction | cons-truc-SYON | Default, widely understood |
| obra | construction | construction site / building works | |
| albañil | construction | construction worker / mason |
How Native Speakers Use Construcción
Real example sentences across three contexts you'll actually run into.
Downtown
Hay mucha construcción en el centro de la ciudad.
There's a lot of construction downtown.
Construcción for ongoing building.
An industry
Mi tío trabaja en la construcción.
My uncle works in construction.
La construcción as a sector.
A project
La construcción del puente tardó dos años.
The construction of the bridge took two years.
Construcción de plus a structure.
Avoid These Mistakes When Using Construcción
Dropping the accent
Incorrect: construccion
Correct: construcción
Construcción is stressed on the final syllable and needs the accent on the o, though the plural construcciones drops it as the stress shifts.
Confusing the worker term
Incorrect: Es un construcción.
Correct: Es un albañil.
Construcción is the activity, not the person, so a construction worker is un albañil or un obrero de la construcción.
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Common Questions About Construction in Spanish
- How do you say construction in Spanish?
- Construction in Spanish is construcción (cons-truc-SYON), a feminine noun covering both the act of building and the sector.
- What is a construction site called?
- A construction site is una obra or un sitio de construcción, and workers say voy a la obra to mean going to the site.
- What's the verb for to build?
- The verb is construir, as in están construyendo un edificio nuevo (they're building a new building).