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hangar

hangar

noun ahn-GAHR Rare

Origin: French hangar (shed, hangar)

Usage Note

Hangar is a direct borrowing from French, referring to a large enclosed structure for housing aircraft. The plural is hangares. Its use is essentially limited to aviation contexts — el avión está en el hangar.

Examples

"El avión pasó la noche en el hangar."

Natural Translation

The plane spent the night in the hangar.

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