vagone
The Italian word for wagon is vagone.
While it can mean a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, in modern Italian, vagone is most commonly used to refer to a railway carriage or train car.
Meaning: four-wheeled cart for hauling loads (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
The plural form of vagone is vagoni.
Did you know?
- The Italian word vagone was borrowed from French, which had taken it from English, which in turn came from the Dutch word wagen.
- While vagone refers to the car itself, Italians use the word carrozza for a passenger carriage, a term rooted in the word for a horse-drawn carriage.
- While 'wagon' in English can sometimes feel rustic or old-fashioned, using vagone in Italian sounds perfectly modern and technical because of its association with trains.
Examples in context
- Tom è sul vagone.Tom is on the wagon.This sentence is useful for seeing how to express that someone is on the vagone.Tatoeba #5564962 by Guybrush88, translation #4501265 by CK
- Vagone ferroviarioRailway wagon
- Vagone merciFreight wagon
- Vagone passeggeriPassenger wagon
- Carrozza trainata da cavalliHorse-drawn wagon
- Il vagone è pieno di merci.The wagon is full of goods.
- Hanno agganciato un nuovo vagone.They attached a new wagon.
- 2 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Two people are standing near a railway track.
- MartinaVedi quel vagone rosso?Do you see that red wagon?
- AlessandroSì, è proprio lì.Yes, it is right there.
- MartinaSembra molto pesante, Alessandro.It looks very heavy, Alessandro.
- AlessandroSì, Martina, è carico di pietre.Yes, Martina, it is loaded with stones.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries vagone, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
