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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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