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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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