tráiler

See also: trailer and Trailer

Spanish

a semi-trailer
a 18-wheeler, semi-trailer truck, articulated lorry
a trailer

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English trailer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾaileɾ/ [ˈt̪ɾai̯.leɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aileɾ
  • Syllabification: trái‧ler

Noun

tráiler m (plural tráilers or tráileres)

  1. semi-trailer, (USA, Canada) semi, (UK) artic trailer (a trailer without front axle and with wheels only at the trailing end, designed to be pulled via a pivoting arrangement which also partially supports its weight.)
    Synonym: semirremolque
  2. (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain) (USA, Canada) semi-truck, 18-wheeler, eighteen-wheeler, semi-trailer truck, tractor-trailer, semi, big rig ; (UK) articulated lorry, artic, HGV, LGV, juggernaut, jugger (a semi-trailer plus the truck or tractor pulling it)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tráiler
  3. (rare) trailer (vehicle)
    Synonym: remolque
  4. trailer (preview)
    Synonym: avance

Further reading

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