Today's
word is: "tren"
= train
In
Spanish, “tren”
is a masculine noun of French origin meaning train
and used as in:
- El tren está a punto de salir (train is about to depart);
Some
Spanish expressions with the word “tren”
are:
- A todo tren (grand style/ high on the hog/ no expense or luxury spared/ at full speed)
- Viven a todo tren (they live grand style/ high on the hog)
- El coche iba a todo tren (the car was going at full speed/ top speed/ could not go any faster)
- Bajarse del tren (to get off the train)
- Coger* el tren (to take/ to catch the train)
- Vamos a coger el tren (we are going to take/ catch the train)
- Estación de tren (train station)
- Estar como un tren (to look stunning/ to be a hunk/ a hot babe -colloquial)
- El novio de tu hermana está como un tren (your sister's boyfriend is a hunk)
- La novia de tu hermano está como un tren (your brother's girlfriend is a hot babe)
- Estar como para parar un tren (to look stunning/ to be a hunk/ a hot babe -colloquial)
- El novio de tu hermana está como para parar un tren (your sister's boyfriend is a hunk)
- La novia de tu hermano está como para parar un tren (your brother's girlfriend is a hot babe)
- Estar como vacas mirando el tren (to be in a daze/ in a cloud)
- Para parar un tren (coming out of one's ears -colloquial)
- Tienen dinero para parar un tren (money is coming out of their ears)
- Perder el último tren (to miss the boat -colloquial)
- Subirse al tren (to get on the train)
- Tomar el tren (to take/ to catch the train)
- Vamos a tomar el tren (we are going to take/ catch the train)
- Tren botijo (excursion/ summer vacation train)
- Tren correo (mail/ postal train)
- Tren de alta velocidad** (high speed train)
- Tren de aterrizaje (landing gear of an aircraft)
- Tren de carga (freight train/ goods train)
- Tren de cercanías (commuter train)
- Tren de contenedores (container train)
- Tren de largo recorrido (long distance train)
- Tren de lavado (car wash)
- Tren de mercancías (freight train/ goods train)
- Tren de ondas (wave train)
- Tren de pasajeros (passenger train)
- Tren de vida (lifestyle)
- Tren delantero (front wheel assembly -car)
- Tren directo (through train)
- Tren expreso (express train)
- Tren ligero (light train)
- Tren mixto (mixed passenger and freight/ goods train)
- Tren omnibus (local train/ accommodation train -US)
- Tren postal (mail/ postal train)
- Tren rápido (express train)
- Tren suburbano (commuter train)
- Tren trasero (rear wheel assembly -car)
- Vagón del tren (rail car)
- Vestíbulo de la estación del tren (train station waiting lobby/ foyer/ hall)
- Vía del tren (rail/ railroad track)
- Viaje en tren (train journey)
Notes
*Remember
that “coger” is a verb
which in some parts, especially in the Americas, has a sexual
connotation and may be liable to misinterpretation.
**The
Spanish AVE (Alta Velocidad
Española) is an example of a high speed train.
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "tren" in the YouTube clip: Los Tachos - El Tren
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “tren”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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