ingeniero

/inxeˈnjeɾo/ · B1 · noun · m

engineer

ingeniero — engineer

🔧⚙️ ingenio (ingenuity, cleverness) + -ero (person who does it) = engineer

From Latin ingenium, meaning talent or a clever device, which also gave English engine and ingenious. Spanish -ero marks someone's trade, as in panadero (baker). The g is said like a breathy h: in-heh-NYEH-ro.

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