via-férrea

See also: vía férrea

Portuguese

Alternative forms

via férrea

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.ɐˈfɛ.ʁe.ɐ/ [ˌvi.ɐˈfɛ.he.ɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.ɐˈfɛ.ʁe.ɐ/ [ˌvi.ɐˈfɛ.χe.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.aˈfɛ.ʁe.a/ [ˌvi.aˈfɛ.he.a]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.ɐˈfɛ.ʁjɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.ɐˈfɛ.ʁjɐ/

Hyphenation: vi‧a‧-fér‧re‧a

Noun

via-férrea f (plural via-férreas)

railway (track for trains, consisting of parallel rails)
Synonyms: ferrovia, (Portugal) caminho de ferro, (Brazil) estrada de ferro, trilhos

Further reading

“via-férrea”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026