caminhão
/ka.mĩˈɲɐ̃w̃/masculine
The English word 'truck' is translated into Portuguese as caminhão.
A caminhão refers to a heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods.
Meaning: heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods (noun)
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Brazil, the word used is caminhão, while in Portugal, the word camião is used.
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
The word caminhão is a masculine noun. If you want to express the action of driving a truck, you can use the verb phrases conduzir um camião or dirigir um caminhão.
How do you pronounce it?
The word has 3 syllables and the stress is on the 3rd syllable: /ka.mĩˈɲɐ̃w̃/.
Did you know?
- Brazilian truck drivers often decorate their caminhões with religious phrases and poems about family painted on the rear.
- The phrase está um caminhão is sometimes used colloquially to describe something that is very large or heavy, even if it is not a vehicle.
- The Portuguese word caminhão is etymologically linked to the word caminho, which means 'path' or 'road'.
Examples in context
- Eu tenho um caminhão.I have a truck.This sentence shows how to express ownership of a caminhão.Tatoeba #1644280 by alexmarcelo, translation #1495907 by CK
- Está no seu caminhão.It's in your truck.This sentence illustrates how to say something is located inside a caminhão.Tatoeba #5043327 by ajdavidl, translation #2648088 by CK
- Eu dirijo um caminhão.I am driving a truck.This sentence demonstrates the action of driving a caminhão.Tatoeba #1676390 by Ricardo14, translation #1661072 by Amastan
- Eu trabalho na indústria de caminhões.I work in the trucking industry.
- O caminhão de transporte já chegou.The transport truck has already arrived.
- É necessário possuir uma carteira de motorista para dirigir um caminhão.It is necessary to have a driver's license to drive a truck.
- Vamos carregar as caixas no caminhãozinho.Let's load the boxes onto the little truck.
- Saiu uma reportagem na TV sobre um acidente com um caminhãozinho de sorvetes.There was a news report on TV about an accident with an ice cream truck.
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Example conversation
Beatriz and Rodrigo are watching a delivery on the street.
- BeatrizOlha aquele caminhão, Rodrigo!Look at that truck, Rodrigo!
- RodrigoEle é muito barulhento.It is very noisy.
- BeatrizO caminhão está carregado de caixas.The truck is loaded with boxes.
- RodrigoSim, ele parece pesado.Yes, it looks heavy.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “truck” translations and entries caminhão, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries caminhão, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
