Usage Note
Kilómetro is the standard unit of road distance across the Spanish-speaking world; unlike in the United States, miles are not used. The abbreviation is km. The written accent marks the stress on -ló-, making it an esdrújula (proparoxytone) word.
Examples
"Faltan cinco kilómetros para llegar."
Natural Translation
There are five kilometres left to arrive.
Literal Translation
There-are-missing five kilometres to arrive.

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