camión
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Asturian
Pronunciation
Noun
camión m (plural camiones)
Galician
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Etymology
Attested since 1913. Ultimately from French camion.
Pronunciation
Noun
camión m (plural camións)
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References
- “camión” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “camión” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
camión m (plural camiones)
- lorry (UK); truck (US)
- (Mexico) bus
- 1997, Roberto Bolaño, “El Gusano”, in Llamadas telefónicas [Last Evenings on Earth]:
- Mi rutina consistía en ser levantado temprano, desayunar con mi madre, mi padre y mi hermana, fingir que iba al colegio y tomar un camión que me dejaba en el centro, donde dedicaba la primera parte de la mañana a los libros y a pasear y la segunda al cine y de una manera menos explícita al sexo.
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Further reading
- “camión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014