Polyglot Dictionary

andén

/anˈden/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los andenes

Meaning

  1. platform

    • El tren sale del andén tres.

      The train leaves from platform three.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

plataforma

andén specifically refers to a train or bus platform; plataforma is more general for a platform of any kind, including a figurative political platform.

estrado

estrado refers to a stage, dais or podium, like for speeches or a judge's bench; andén is specifically a train or bus platform.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

estrado

estrado is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "platform."

Portuguese

plataforma

plataforma is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "platform."

Practice

1 What does andén mean?

2 Fill the gap: El tren sale del ___ tres.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches andén?

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