estrada de ferro
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈtɾa.dɐ d͡ʒi ˈfɛ.ʁu/ [isˈtɾa.dɐ d͡ʒi ˈfɛ.hu], /esˈtɾa.dɐ d͡ʒi ˈfɛ.ʁu/ [esˈtɾa.dɐ d͡ʒi ˈfɛ.hu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈtɾa.dɐ d͡ʒi ˈfɛ.ʁu/ [iʃˈtɾa.dɐ d͡ʒi ˈfɛ.χu], /eʃˈtɾa.dɐ d͡ʒi ˈfɛ.ʁu/ [eʃˈtɾa.dɐ d͡ʒi ˈfɛ.χu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈtɾa.da de ˈfɛ.ʁo/ [esˈtɾa.da de ˈfɛ.ho]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈtɾa.dɐ dɨ ˈfɛ.ʁu/ [(i)ʃˈtɾa.ðɐ ðɨ ˈfɛ.ʁu]
- Hyphenation: es‧tra‧da‧de‧fer‧ro
Noun
estrada de ferro f (plural estradas de ferro)
- (Brazil) railway (track for trains, consisting of parallel rails)
- Synonyms: ferrovia, via-férrea, (Portugal) caminho de ferro