andén
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *andaginem. Possibly from Latin indāgō (“encirclement”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈden/ [ãn̪ˈd̪ẽn]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -en
- Syllabification: an‧dén
Noun
andén m (plural andenes)
- platform (at a train station)
- quayside
- (Andes, agriculture) a stair-like terrace on a hillside, used for cultivating plants
- (Caribbean, Colombia) sidewalk
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “andén”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024