Ferrocarril

Today's word is: "ferrocarril" = railway

In Spanish, “ferrocarril” is a masculine noun^* which means railway or railroad or even train, and used as in:

• El ferrocarril es un sistema de transporte terrestre (the railway is a ground/ terrestrial transportation system);
• Viajar en ferrocarril es muy cómodo (train/ rail travel is very comfortable);

Some Spanish expressions with the word “ferrocarril” are:

• Estación de ferrocarril (railway station)
• Ferrocarril funicular (cable railway);
• Ferrocarril suburbano (commuter railway network)
• RENFE** (Spanish rail transport operator);
• Taller de ferrocarril (railway/ railroad workshop)

Notes

*The noun “ferrocarril” comes from the joining of the noun ferro -Latin for iron and the noun carril -believed to be also of Latin origin and meaning rut, track, rail or lane.

** RENFE is an acronym of REd Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles or the Spanish National Railways Network.

Love-Spanish.com loves the word "ferrocarril" in the YouTube clip: Tungas - El Ferrocarril

For more on the word "ferrocarril", visit: Wordreference.com/es/en/ Ferrocarril

*NB 'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “ferrocarril” in the link to hear the word pronounced.

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