semáforo

Meaning

1. (masculine) traffic light
2. (masculine) semaphore, flag semaphore

Concepts

traffic light

🚦

semaphore

traffic signal

light

stoplight

lights

traffic lights

traffic signals

lighthouse light

traffic-light

traffic lamp

vertical traffic light

fire

🔥

vertical traffic light

firearm

flame

heat

signal

stop light

Synonyms

fuego

🔥

semaforo

semafaro

semáforo vertical

Translations

semaforo

🚦

Ampel

🚦

semáforo

🚦

semàfor

🚦

feu

🔥

verkeerslicht

🚦

Verkehrsampel

🚦

sémaphore

stoplicht

🚦

feux de circulation

sinal

feux tricolores

φανάρι

sinal de trânsito

🚦

Hyphenated as

se‧má‧fo‧ro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/seˈmafoɾo/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: sémaphore

In summary

Borrowed from French sémaphore, from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign”), and -foro derived from -φωρος (-phōros, “bearing, bearer”).