camión
truck
noun kah-MYOHN Less Common
Origin: From French camion, of uncertain origin.
Also means
bus (Mexico)
Usage Note
Camión means 'truck' throughout the Spanish-speaking world, but in Mexico it is also the everyday word for a city bus — what Spain calls autobús. The augmentative camioneta (f) means a pickup truck or van. Plural is regular: camiones.
Examples
"El camión tardó dos horas en llegar."
Natural Translation
The truck took two hours to arrive.
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