car

coche, auto, carro

Un vehículo de cuatro ruedas con motor que lleva a unas pocas personas por carretera.

En inglés sencillo: A vehicle with four wheels and an engine, used to carry a few people on roads.

• Our car is blue.
• She drove her car to work.
• Where did you park the car?

Sinónimos: automobile, auto

Expresiones frecuentes: drive a car, by car, car park, a new car

vagón, coche

Una de las unidades de un tren que transporta personas o mercancías.

En inglés sencillo: One of the separate sections of a train, carrying people or goods.

• We sat in the last car.
• The train has six passenger cars.
• They served breakfast in the dining car.

Sinónimos: carriage, wagon, coach

Expresiones frecuentes: railroad car, dining car, freight car, sleeping car

cabina

La parte móvil de un ascensor o teleférico que transporta personas o mercancías.

En inglés sencillo: The part of a lift or cable transport system that moves while carrying people or goods.

• The elevator car stopped suddenly.
• Six people stepped into the lift car.
• The cable pulled the car up the steep slope.

Sinónimos: cabin

Expresiones frecuentes: elevator car, lift car, cable car

vagón, carga de vagón

Una cantidad de mercancías que llena un vagón de tren.

En inglés sencillo: An amount of goods large enough to fill one railway wagon.

• They ordered a car of coal.
• Three cars of grain arrived yesterday.
• The factory receives twenty cars of gypsum each month.

Cómo se usa: a car of something (The mine shipped a car of coal.)

Sinónimos: carload, wagonload

Expresiones frecuentes: a car of coal, a car of grain, a car of timber