Today's
word is: Equipaje
Clase: sustantivo
(noun)
Género: masculino
(masculine)
Origen: francés (French)
In
Spanish, “equipaje”
is a masculine noun of French origin which means luggage
or baggage
and used as in:
- Hoy llevamos mucho equipaje (today we are carrying a lot of luggage/ baggage);
The action word/ verb
“equipar” is a related
word meaning to equip or to kit out, and used as in:
- Deberíamos equiparnos de manera decuada para ir a esquiar (we should get ourselves kitted out properly to go skying)
Some
Spanish expressions with the word “equipaje”
are:
- Equipaje de mano (hand luggage/ baggage)
- Exceso de equipaje (excess luggage/ baggage)
- Ligero de equipaje* (to travel light)
- Me gusta viajar ligero de equipaje (I like travelling light)
- Portaequipaje(s) (boot/ trunk/ roof rack/ luggage rack)
- El portaequipaje(s) de ese coche es muy grande (that car's boot/ trunk is very big)
- Retirar el equpiaje (to collect the luggage/ baggage)
Notes
*Expression
also used often in a figurative sense, meaning light in emotional
baggage
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "equipaje"
in the YouTube clip: Joaquin Sabina - Noches de boda
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “equipaje”in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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