albañil
See also: albanil
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic بَنَّاء (bannāʔ), via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate with Portuguese alvenel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /albaˈɲil/ [al.β̞aˈɲil]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -il
- Syllabification: al‧ba‧ñil
Noun
albañil m or f by sense (plural albañiles, feminine albañil or albañila, feminine plural albañiles or albañilas)
- mason, bricklayer
- 1978, Joan Manuel Serrat (lyrics and music), “Qué bonito es Badalona”:
- Y ese perro muerto en la cuneta / Y esos albañiles en "samarreta"…
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- construction worker
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Further reading
- “albañil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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