camino de hierro

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of French chemin de fer.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˌmino de ˈʝero/ [kaˌmi.no ð̞e ˈʝe.ro]
IPA^(key): (Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˌmino de ˈjero/ [kaˌmi.no ð̞e ˈje.ro]

Syllabification: ca‧mi‧no de hie‧rro

Noun

camino de hierro m (plural caminos de hierro)

(Louisiana) railroad
Synonym: ferrocarril

Further reading

“camino de hierro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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