caminhão

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) truck; lorry (vehicle designed to carry or haul heavy cargo)
2. (masculine) truckload (a truck’s cargo)
3. (informal, masculine) truckload; boatload (a great quantity of something)

Verb

obsolete spelling of caminham

Concepts

truck

🚚

lorry

cart

chariot

trolley

waggon

trucks

articulated lorry

🚛

camion

heavy goods vehicle

lorries

tank

motortruck

articulated lorry

🚛

Synonyms

camião

carro

carroça

camiões

sunkvežimis

tanque

Camiões

camião articulado

Translations

camion

camión

camió

Lastwagen

🚚

camion

autocarro

vrachtwagen

🚚

vrachtauto

🚚

kamyon

🚚

karretje

wagen

kar

Lastkraftwagen

🚚

Lastauto

φορτηγό

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ka.mĩˈɲɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: camion

In summary

Borrowed from French camion, influenced by caminho.

Sentences

A escada do caminhão de bombeiros não era longa o suficiente .

The fire truck's ladder wasn't long enough.

A caixa foi jogada ao lado do caminhão estacionado .

The box was thrown next to the parked truck.

O caminhão era preto fusco .

The truck was fusco black.

Um grupo de pessoas lavando um caminhão .

A group of people washing a truck.

Um homem sorridente de camisa vermelha senta-se ao volante de um caminhão azul .

A smiling man in a red shirt sits behind the wheel of a blue truck.