vagón

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Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from French wagon.

Pronunciation

Noun

vagón m inan

  1. car (railroad car; railway carriage)
    Synonym: vůz
  2. car (subway car)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • vagón in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • vagón in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1876. Borrowed from English wagon.

Pronunciation

Noun

vagón m (plural vagóns)

  1. wagon, railroad car
    Synonym: coche
    • 1884, O tío Marcos da Portela, volume 2, number 45, page 1:
      na compaña dos meus bos amigos Benito das Vacalouras e Martiño de Zamora, metínme nun deses wagós do camiño de ferro d'Ourense a Vigo, i anque fumos nel como sardiñas en banasta, non tivemos queixa, porque neso da comparanza das sardiñas, nosoutros éramos das cabezudas, i as que levábamos á beira eran das escochadas, frescas e pequerrechiñas e cun sal
      in the company of my good friends Benito das Vacalouras and Martiño from Zamora, I entered one of those wagons of the railroad from Ourense to Vigo and, even if we travelled packed as sardines, we had no complaint, because on that comparison we were as sardines with head, but those next to us were as beheaded sardines, fresh and small and salted

References

  • vagón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French wagon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈɡon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: va‧gón

Noun

vagón m (plural vagones)

  1. train car

Hyponyms

Further reading