ferrocarril
railway
noun feh-rroh-kah-RREEL Less Common
Origin: From Spanish ferro (iron) + carril (track/rail), a 19th-century calque of the French chemin de fer.
Also means
railroad
Usage Note
Ferrocarril is the standard term for the railway system or a specific rail line. The adjective form is ferroviario ('rail-related'). In everyday speech tren refers to the vehicle while ferrocarril refers to the infrastructure or network.
Examples
"El ferrocarril conecta las dos ciudades."
Natural Translation
The railway connects the two cities.

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