caminho de ferro
Portuguese, noun
caminho de ferro is spelled C-A-M-I-N-H-O-D-E-F-E-R-R-O (14 letters). Caminho de ferro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “railway (track for trains, consisting of parallel rails)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, caminho-de-ferro is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of caminho de ferro; still used…”.
What does caminho de ferro mean in English?
noun
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Portugalmasculinerailway (track for trains, consisting of parallel rails)
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of caminho de ferro; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. via-férrea 2. tipo de transporte que usa vagões que rodam sobre carris; comboio 3. estrada-de-ferro
phrase: 1. ferrovia, via férrea
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caminho de ferro
- caminhos-de-ferro plural
- caminhos de ferro plural
- caminho-de-ferro alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to caminho de ferro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.