Usage Note
Portaaviones is masculine (el portaaviones) despite ending in -es, which might suggest a plural — it is in fact invariable: un portaaviones, dos portaaviones. It is a compound of porta- ('carry') + aviones ('planes').
Examples
"El portaaviones zarpó al amanecer."
Natural Translation
The aircraft carrier set sail at dawn.

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