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/tɾen/
Translation
train
Word origin
From French train ('a trailing line, a procession'), from trainer ('to drag'), ultimately from Latin trahere ('to draw, to drag'). English 'train' has the same source.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- trainer
- English cognates
- train, trail, tract
Grammar
Examples
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He missed the train by five minutes and had to wait for the next one.
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I prefer the train to the plane for short journeys within the country.
Madrid Barcelona .
The high-speed train gets from Madrid to Barcelona in three hours.
maletas .
We boarded the train with two large cases.
madera.
The child plays with a wooden train.
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The train arrives at the station at eight.
Used in
Grammar articles
(13)Spanish Connectors of Cause and Consequence: porque, ya que, por lo tanto, así que
The Spanish Perfect Subjunctive (haya hablado)
The Spanish Pluperfect (había hablado)
Spanish Compound Prepositions and Tricky Choices: delante de, a pesar de, soñar con
Spanish Prepositions: de, a, en, con, por, para and the Two Contractions
Spanish Question Words: qué, quién, cuándo, dónde, cómo, cuál, cuánto, por qué
Advanced Spanish Relative Pronouns: el que, el cual, lo cual and cuyo
Reported Questions and Commands in Spanish (me preguntó si, me dijo que viniera)
Si Clauses in Spanish: Real and Unreal Conditions (si llueve, si tuviera, si hubiera)
Spanish Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses
Spanish Subjunctive After Emotion
The Spanish Subjunctive in Relative Clauses (busco a alguien que sepa)
Spanish Word Order: SVO, Pro-Drop and the Five Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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