estrada de ferro
Portuguese, noun
estrada de ferro is spelled E-S-T-R-A-D-A-D-E-F-E-R-R-O (14 letters). Estrada de ferro is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “railway (track for trains, consisting of parallel rails)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, estrada-de-ferro is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of estrada de ferro; still used…”.
What does estrada de ferro mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininerailway (track for trains, consisting of parallel rails)
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of estrada 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
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 estrada de ferro
- estradas-de-ferro plural
- estradas de ferro plural
- estrada-de-ferro alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to estrada de ferro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.