tren
Mexico
In Mexico "train" is tren, and a train station is an estación de tren. The word is the same across Spanish.
In Mexico City the subway is called the metro, not the tren, while the trains in Yucatán and the tourist line to Copper Canyon are trenes.
Meaning: a rail vehicle (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Tren is masculine: el tren, los trenes.
Did you know?
- The Chepe is a famous Mexican train line that crosses the Copper Canyon.
Examples in context
- El tren sale a las ocho.The train leaves at eight.
- Fuimos en tren a la Barranca del Cobre.We took the train to Copper Canyon.
- ¿Dónde está la estación de tren?Where is the train station?
Example conversation
Tania buys a ticket for the Chepe train in Los Mochis.
- TaniaUn boleto para el tren, por favor.A ticket for the train, please.
- Taquillero¿A qué hora lo quiere?What time do you want it?
- TaniaEl de las ocho.The eight o'clock one.
