camino de hierro

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of French chemin de fer.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaˌmino de ˈʝero/ [kaˌmi.no ð̞e ˈʝe.ro]

• 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)

1. (Louisiana) railroad

   Synonym: ferrocarril

Further reading

• “camino de hierro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10