aéreo

aerial

adjective ah-EH-reh-oh Less Common

Origin: From Latin aereus (of the air).

Also means

air (attributive)

Usage Note

Aéreo is used in compound nouns: tráfico aéreo (air traffic), compañía aérea (airline), fotografía aérea (aerial photograph). It is always an attributive adjective and does not stand alone as a predicate. The stress falls on the second syllable, which has the written accent.

Examples

"El tráfico aéreo creció un diez por ciento."

Natural Translation

Air traffic grew by ten percent.

Literal Translation

The air traffic grew a ten by hundred

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