railroad engine in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for railroad engine in the English»Spanish Dictionary

engine [Am ˈɛndʒən, Brit ˈɛndʒɪn] N

1. engine (motor):

engine

motor m

the ship's engines

las máquinas del barco

the ship's engines attr block/bearing/mounting

del motor

to have engine trouble

tener problemas con el motor

2. engine (locomotive):

engine

locomotora f

engine

máquina f

3. engine:

siege engine

máquina f de guerra

4. engine (instrument):

engine liter

instrumento m

I.railroad [Am ˈreɪlˌroʊd, Brit ˈreɪlrəʊd] N Am

1. railroad (system):

railroad

ferrocarril m

what a way to run a railroad!

¡vaya manera de llevar las cosas!

what a way to run a railroad! attr station/line

de ferrocarril

what a way to run a railroad! attr station/line

ferroviario

what a way to run a railroad! timetable

de trenes

railroad bridge

puente m de ferrocarril

railroad network

red f ferroviaria

railroad network

red f ferrocarrilera Chil Mex

railroad yard

cochera f

railroad yard

depósito m Chil

2. railroad:

railroad (track)

vía f férrea

railroad (route)

línea f de ferrocarril

II.railroad [Am ˈreɪlˌroʊd, Brit ˈreɪlrəʊd] VB trans

1. railroad (push, force):

railroad bill/measures

tramitar rápidamente (sin la debida discusión)

to railroad sb into sth they were railroaded into accepting the offer

los apremiaron or presionaron para que aceptaran la oferta

2. railroad (convict unfairly):

railroad Am

condenar injustamente

railroad engine in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for railroad engine in the English»Spanish Dictionary

engine [ˈendʒɪn] N

1. engine (motor):

engine

motor m

diesel/petrol engine

motor diesel/gasolina

jet engine

motor a reacción

2. engine RAIL:

engine

máquina f

I.railroad [ˈreɪlrəʊd, Am -roʊd] N Am

1. railroad (system):

railroad

ferrocarril m

2. railroad (track):

railroad

línea f de ferrocarril

II.railroad [ˈreɪlrəʊd, Am -roʊd] VB trans fig

to railroad sb into doing sth

obligar a alguien a hacer algo

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He gets that from our grandfather who maintained factory boilers and as a hobby built small scale, fully working replicas of railroad engines.

southeastfarmpress.com

A little railroad engine was employed about a station yard for such work as it was built for, pulling a few cars on and off the switches.

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