Spanish vocabulary · Intermediate
How to Say Engineering in Spanish: Ingeniería
Ingeniería · noun (feminine) · een-heh-nyeh-REE-ah
Engineering in Spanish is ingeniería, a feminine noun covering all branches from civil to software engineering. An engineer is ingeniero (masculine) or ingeniera (feminine).
Ingeniería is pronounced een-heh-nyeh-REE-ah, with five syllables and stress on the fourth.
Estudié ingeniería civil en la universidad.
I studied civil engineering at the university.
How Native Speakers Use Ingeniería
Real example sentences across three contexts you'll actually run into.
Career choice
La ingeniería de software es una carrera con mucha demanda.
Software engineering is a career with high demand.
Discussing career paths.
University major
La facultad de ingeniería tiene más de dos mil estudiantes.
The engineering school has more than two thousand students.
Academic institution.
Professional field
Este puente es una obra maestra de la ingeniería moderna.
This bridge is a masterpiece of modern engineering.
Admiring a feat of engineering.
Avoid These Mistakes When Using Ingeniería
Missing accent mark
Incorrect: Estudio ingenieria mecánica.
Correct: Estudio ingeniería mecánica.
The accent on the í is essential — without it, the word is misspelled and the stress pattern changes.
Confusing ingeniero with ingeniería
Incorrect: Ella trabaja como ingeniería.
Correct: Ella trabaja como ingeniera.
Ingeniería is the field/discipline, while ingeniera is the person (female engineer).
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Common Questions About Engineering in Spanish
- How do you say engineering in Spanish?
- Engineering in Spanish is ingeniería (een-heh-nyeh-REE-ah), and you can specify the branch by adding the type: ingeniería civil, ingeniería eléctrica, ingeniería mecánica.
- How do you say engineer in Spanish?
- An engineer is ingeniero (masculine) or ingeniera (feminine), often abbreviated as Ing. before a name as a professional title in Latin America.
- What are common engineering specializations in Spanish?
- Common branches include ingeniería civil (civil), ingeniería mecánica (mechanical), ingeniería eléctrica (electrical), ingeniería de sistemas (systems/computer), and ingeniería industrial (industrial).