station

estación

Lugar donde paran trenes o autobuses para que los pasajeros suban o bajen.

En inglés sencillo: A place where trains or buses stop so people can get on or off.

• The station is nearby.
• We met at the railway station.
• Which station should I get off at?

Sinónimos: stop

Expresiones frecuentes: train station, bus station, railway station, coach station

emisora, canal

Organización que emite programas de radio o televisión, o el lugar desde donde los emite.

En inglés sencillo: An organization that sends out radio or television programmes, or the place it works from.

• This station plays jazz.
• She works for a local television station.
• Several radio stations reported the story.

Sinónimos: broadcaster

Expresiones frecuentes: radio station, television station, local station

puesto

Lugar donde alguien permanece o trabaja para cumplir una tarea concreta.

En inglés sencillo: A place where someone stays or works to carry out a particular job.

• The guard remained at his station.
• Each cook has a station in the kitchen.
• She watched the entrance from her station beside the door.

Cómo se usa: station at somewhere (He left his station at the gate.)

Sinónimos: post, position

Expresiones frecuentes: battle station, work station, station at something

apostar, destinar

Situar a alguien en un lugar concreto para que cumpla una tarea o misión.

En inglés sencillo: To put someone in a particular place to do a job or duty.

• They stationed a guard outside.
• Soldiers were stationed along the border.
• The manager stationed me by the entrance.

Cómo se usa: station someone at/in somewhere (They stationed two officers at the gate.); be stationed somewhere (Her brother is stationed overseas.)

Sinónimos: position, post

Expresiones frecuentes: station someone somewhere, station troops, station a guard