🇪🇸 Spanish

tren

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

el tren

train

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tren
/el tɾen/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say tren in Spanish?

IPA
/el tɾen/

How do you pronounce tren in Spanish?

tren is pronounced /el tɾen/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El tren rápido llegó a la estación con diez minutos de retraso.

The fast train arrived at the station ten minutes late.

Ese tren antiguo fue restaurado completamente por los historiadores locales.

That old train was completely restored by local historians.

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Why is it masculine?

Tren is masculine. While it does derive from French "train" (also masculine), the explanation overstates the certainty of gender inheritance from French. Spanish borrowed the word "tren" in the 19th century during the railway era, and it adopted masculine gender, likely influenced by the French source but ultimately assigned within Spanish's grammatical system.

What is the Spanish word for train?

The Spanish word for train is el tren — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchtrainlemasculine
🇮🇹 Italiantrenoilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesetremomasculine

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