ferrovía
See also: ferrovia
Spanish
Etymology
From ferro- + vía, a calque of Italian ferrovia, which was calqued from German Eisenbahn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feroˈbia/ [fe.roˈβ̞i.a]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: fe‧rro‧ví‧a
Noun
ferrovía f (plural ferrovías)
- railway
- Synonym: ferrocarril
- railway track
- Synonyms: vía férrea, línea férrea, carril, riel, raíl
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ferrovía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024