🇪🇸 Spanish

trenes

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

los trenes

trains

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trenes
/los ˈtɾenes/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say trenes in Spanish?

IPA
/los ˈtɾenes/

How do you pronounce trenes in Spanish?

trenes is pronounced /los ˈtɾenes/ 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?

Trenes 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 trains?

The Spanish word for trains is los trenes — masculine.

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