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chófer

driver

noun CHOH-fehr Rare
Travel & Places Transportation

Origin: from French chauffeur, 'stoker, driver'

Also means

chauffeur

Usage Note

Chófer (also spelled chofer in Latin America, without the accent) means a professional driver — a taxi driver, chauffeur, or bus driver. In Spain the accented form chófer is standard (RAE); in Latin America chofer (with stress on the second syllable, cho-FER) is common. It is a masculine noun: el chófer, with feminine la chófer used in modern usage for a female driver.

Examples

"El chófer esperó frente al hotel toda la mañana."

Natural Translation

The driver waited in front of the hotel all morning.

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